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last two - help needed please because I haven't a clue!
21d safe fruit for singer (5,5) p?t??/ ?e?r?

30a ceresin,a slippery wax (8) ?n???a?e

Peter Pears - opera singer I think.

Increase - to wax like the moon

Increase (wax and wane)

Thank you both. Had not got remotely close to that kind of wax.
I know of Peter Pears but can you please explain 'safe'? Expect I'm being thick...

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Phrases-and-Sayings/Question648251.html

I found the discussion above re peter/safe and found it very interesting.

it's one of those 'you either know it or you don't'
A peter is another word for a safe. A peterman in the good ole days when people used cash, was the safecracker or safeblower on a naughty little earner.

Thank you. I've heard of a peterman but for some unknown reason thought the peter referred to the explosive used to crack the safe... You learn such a lot from crosswords (or from people who solve them!)

Jazzgirl, thank you I used your link and was amazed at the heat generated by one fairly unimportant clue! Fascinating, and I'm still not convinced who has got the truth of it...