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5a, M?????e, Ropy work, in which arm came loose.
10a, ????m?????p, An aphorism's coined for stroke management.
6d, ????p???, Plan together to cheat father, keeping quiet.
13d, 2words, 3.8. V?? ?o?o?o?a, Diva carousing with sherry, briefly a way to suffer.
14d, ?????I???s, Pelts round squares to achieve slender physique.

10 OARSMANSHIP

6 CONSPIRE

13 via dolorosa? Should be OLOROSO for the sherry, though.

5A: MACRAME

OK, I've found a reference to olorosa
Manzanilla Olorosa is a manzanilla aged to the point that it takes on the quality of an Oloroso

14 SKINNINESS

"nines" are square numbers

Thanks chrise ,elle for your help.

It is oloros(o) briefly. With "a", in clue.

Do you mean that I needn't have looked for OLOROSA, rusty?

You're right, of course.