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Chap covered in oil, mostly? Maybe ! (5)
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Starts and makes a speech covering one mother's ruin (10) ????I?A?E?

omani
originates or originated

Or i gin ates

no it's originates

From the surface it had to be a plural.

Thank Phillip and Rossim

rossim, the trouble is that when you are typing a reply you (well,me at any rate) can't always remember the actual words used in the clue. so things like is it an "s" or a "D" can be awkward .

Omani for top clue.