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1 Bearded Scots hooligan stalking old simpleton (5)

5 Fussy old gang seizes lecturer after trap backfires (8)

12 Fruit in bisexual prisons (7)

Sorry no letters.

I've now got 5a - Niggling

thanks anyway

1 Awned

12 Bi limbi

Well done Tony...

They made no sense to me at all!

No, pastille, we are not surprised,

Hi pastille

A couple of typical EV clues. It was not knowing which clues had an extra letter that took time.
I could see AWNED for bearded but is wasn't until I realised that DAW was simpleton & NED was hooligan that D was the redundant letter.
And so to bed.