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Doining quite well then hit ablack spot. 1a. Leading figure accepted support with hesitation(8-6) ?t?n????

Track bearing north and south and back(7) s?o?s?r
Looks like scouser scout minus t but very tenuous

1A: standard- bearer= Def
standard- accepted
bear - support
er- hesitation

Sponsor (back) - spoor with n and s inside

13A: sponsor= back (def)
spoor- track
NS - bearing north and south

Thank you both. Sponser makes much more sense

Have now finished it and can get out into the sunshine. Thanks to you elle and zozozo.