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Ixi, is 5) ice cap?

I've been tooling around getting ready for work and have to leave. I'll try to check in from there. Just when I thought your evil had reached its limit...

not ice cap for 5 andyc

Bu**er, I've got to go and fit a telly, head hurts on this one back later. Thought APC for the vehicle! Hence cap.

These are proving tricky(even for peterm!)so here are the unsolved ones again with hints.

1.Bureau applying a republican agenda, smell your lot(7)[the republican agenda bit is borrowed from a recent Araucaria, what(or who) do republicans want to get rid of]

4.Clasp rockers enjoying numerous No.1's, like “....the casbah”?(6)[defn part is "like the casbah?]

5.White UN police, small armoured vehicle secures the border(3,3)[not in Chambers, Americanism]

6.Inlay carved in stages from inner sex ear(5)[defn part "from inner sea ear" has the misprint]

Hope that helps without making it too easy!

oops, I corrected the misprint in 6.

Hi ixion,

Is Number 6 NACRE

iNlAy CaRvEd

Correct Les40, nacre from abalone(sea ear)

6.Inlay carved in stages from inner se[x] ear(5) nacre(A)

I had seen it before your extra clues but couldn't match it to the sex/sea ear.
But of course the Abalone sea ear is the source of Mother-of-pearl. Well crafted

Sorry, A source of Mother-of pearl