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Good afternoon friends. Sorry for posting later than usual. Had to go to the local village surgery for a routing check. All is well. Hope these may prove a little more difficult (famous last words!!!). Enjoy. J

I set crossies just for pleasure. I wonder if some of you excellent regulars would like to try a few of my clues? Since they're new, no letters!

Please withhold solutions till 5 pm (GMT + 1) to allow others to have a go.

1. Plane flies back low to the point (8)
2. Unsettled ethnical-bean ground (2,3,7)
3. Behind time, manufacture in an unsatisfactory manner (5,1,7)
4. Settlement taken in full (6)
5. Corrupt sexually explicit European judge (10)

Wow, actually done #2.

Good on yeh, Roz!

hi Jolan
All I can see is #2 also.
I don't think there's much chance of my solving the others!
J

Me neither, Jazzgirl! Plus I am in the middle of a mega clean up!

Hi, also, Jazzy.
My 'difficult' prediction must be true, then. Hope you continue to 'attack'.

Roz,
I'm closing my ears and eyes to any mention of 'clean ups'. My place is rather dusty (to put it mildly). Therefore, I'm now going out into the lovely sunshine where I will 'meditate on house-cleaning'. Perhaps I'll trancend it.

See you later

J xx

Good plan, always better to enjoy the sunshine. I don't mind dust, but my conservatory was growing things I didn't plant!

1. Plane flies back low to the point (8)- Back of flies- s+ moo (low) +the +n (point) –“smoothen”?- plane
2. Unsettled ethnical-bean ground (2,3,7)- unsettled “In the balance”-? (anagram)
3. Behind time, manufacture in an unsatisfactory manner (5,1,7) After (behind time) + fashion (manufacture) – “After a fashion”?
4. Settlement taken in full (6) Long shot???- In +tact – “intact”?
5. Corrupt sexually explicit European judge (10)
sexually explicit – adult+ e (European)+ rate (judge) – “adulterate” – corrupt?

just #2
In the balance (unsettled)
(anagram of ethnical bean

I got:

2 in the balance
3 after a fashion
5 adulterate

I like AB's answer for 1. Still unsure about 4.