Times 874
9a Forced to part with first instalment of rent (5)
RIVEN.
OK as synonym for 'forced to part' & 'rent',
but why 'first instalment'?
16d Like the king's wine, getting old lord drunk and
sleeping ? (5-3). BLOOD-RED.
Acronym of 'old lord' + 'b' and 'e'. How do these,
('be' ?) relate to 'sleeping'?