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1. Boxer beat 'er old man - one point in it Ans Welterweight.
2. Increase amount of French in comprehensive Ans Enlarge
3. Sally or Tom taken aback Ans Witticism
4. Card player's bid more than is needed Ans Abundance
5. Call for silence, then admit magistrate Ans Shallow

2. Increase amount of French in comprehensive Ans Enlarge = French for in (en) comprehensive (large)

1 Welt = beat + (h)er + E (point) inside Wight (archaic name for a human etc) Welt Er W E ight

sh + allow = Shallow
Justice Shallow (Merry Wives of .....)

3 defn = sally - witticism - tom taken aback (reversed) = mot - bon mot also equals witticism or play on words

4. A "double" ?

Yes jolan has got 4. its a double meaning. In solo whist abundance means a bid to get more than nine tricks