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16 A. Pa's tea must be prepared with an Ago on Sabbath- leave Mephisto (12,two words)
?????s??????
(Even the break-up of the answer might help - I think there's an anagram of 'pas tea must'+other letters.)
9 D. State with force arrests English criminal (8) ?s??????
Thanks for help of any kind.

The first one is an anagram, but it's a latin phrase. Mephisto is Satan.

The definition of 9d is "state with force" in the meaning of "make an announcement"

just got 16a myself apage satanas!

Thanks, AJT - I'd just got 16 A (getting the first letter,once I had 16 D, made all the difference).

Have now got 9 Down - hope I'm on a roll.

I was on a roll - have only one left!
13 A. Fine and low, in short (4) vo?i
(I've read my way through my dictionary, but haven't come up with anything.)

1 down is SAAM and not SLAV.

Thanks - I've got it now. (I was so proud of 'slav' -serves me right!)