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A few more for you. My brain is sodden with all this rain....
1. Just beats time signal (4) ***s. Is it pips? Doubt it as this is a cryptic crossword.
2. Sticking on some point? (8) **P*L*N*.
3. Enlisted regulars as an alternative (4) E*S*. Is it ELSE? If so why?
I need full explanations as to how you arrived at the answer please.....then I will still be bamboozled.....me feeling daft as a brush at the mo.

pips (double definition)
else ( odd letters of enlisted)

3. Else is an alternative. The letters are regularly in the word Enlisted - ie E n L i S t E d.

2 impaling

Soggy brain understands ELSE but still confused over "pips" = double definition????

if you just beat someone in a race, you pip them to the post

and pips is the time signal

Still don't fully understand. Why "on some point"? Seems too simple to be correct as Saga is usually more cryptic.

if you are impaled, you would be stuck on some point

The Saga crosswords have changed since a new compiler has been introduced.nThey are now much more simple, and in my view nowhere near as cryptic