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Help please on the following
1 somehow skewer small mischievous being (7)
2 You could find one in January (4)
3 This happens when you reach the other side (8)
4 Large, tatty cloth returns 6) Is there a place called Biggar as that would fit?

4 Biggar is a Scottish town.

Thank you Malone
jonty

could 3 be bridgend?

2- Sale (Greater Manchester - Cheshire border)

Belfast
B (elf) ast (e) minus E (small)

Thank you scottiemallotie and les40 although I don't understand how you got to the answer for number 1 les40
jonty

Sorry Jonty, missed your post

It's a bit tenuous but I was first thinking of a skewer as in to baste the elf on a BBQ (ish)
But now I'm thinking, to skewer is to fasten and to baste (in needlework) is also to fasten. Then it works a bit like an &lit because the fasten actually fastens in the word 'elf' and is shortened (small) to Bast (-e)

Maybe it's a long shot and maybe someone else can offer something more concrete
What do you think?

Thanks Les40 as you say a little tenuous but as I am off on my hols and need to send off my entry before I go if no one else comes up with another suggestion before noon I will go with it.
jonty

You are right with BELFAST for #1 but the explanation is that "somehow" suggests an anagram, and B (elf) AST is an anagram of STAB which means to skewer. :)