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So BIAS is my other answer. BIS - repeat but not sure how the A fits in. Something unsatisfying about this puzzle and I rather regret the time I've spent on it.

A is an abbreviation for about and stops (ie fills) BIS

one final one - the unclued answer in the bottom left corner for which I have WI?ES:
gtfl any help as can't twig this.

If you check the letters in the preamble agianst your unchecked it will give you L

tks v much don - how stupid to overlook that

Now comes the tricky part!

Thank you for the help Now haveall the clues and for of the not clued but dont understand the ones i'm left with. or what to highlight. Thank you

all 9 are angrammatically linked connected to the second word of the idol 4 in one way 5 in another.
The words in the preamble help sort out unchecked in the 9 words/phrases

Please can anyone help me with the highlighting - I've looked at anagrams of star and synonyms and vice versa but can't link any of that to 2 adjacent clues? 8a scratch was the nearest I got!

Scratch is correct. It is all that row. 9,2,2 Ed(mund)