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2. Tall father of a N American harvestman? (5-4-4)

daddy-long-legs

3. Spent while walking in the countryside? (3,2,4,4)

out on ones feet

4. A cheeky young woman's past experiences adversely affecting the present situation (7)

baggage(double defn)

Still stumped on 1. and 5.

Oh dear...I think xmas must have affected my brain as well as my waistline! I've only got 1 & 3....I'm not understanding 'Daddy-long-legs' for no.2...how does the 'N American harvestman' bit work?

A daddy-long-legs is a harvestman. We have them here- everyone calls them spiders but they aren't.

Hello, I was actually around for most of the day, so was determined to do well...

I didn't, a grand total of 1...daddy-long-legs, which for some reason I always call them dandy-long-legs.

Could not get past conduct for no 1, and drew blanks for the rest.

Still enjoyed trying though

Rather more endearing, though I might feel otherwise with a magnifying glass in hand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsXyRVQN70U

This explains it all.....

I'm sure someone has already posted this a while ago.

Enjoy!

In England, what we call daddy-long-legs are actually six legged insects, also called crane flies. And, confusingly, also called water spiders though they are not spiders and the adults do not live in water. A few larval forms do live in water.
In the USA, daddy-long-legs refers to a harvestman, an 8 legged arachnid as has been said. End of lecture
I studied zoology light years ago!

ahaa..thanks all! Never heard them referred to as harvestmen...you live and learn :)

@pastille...lol that video's hilarious!!

Ah Ha...just got why it is baggage!

Did not know that a definition could be A Flibbertigibbet!