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Several to do but cannot parse them, so explanations as to how you arrived at the answer please.
A) Country music's No.1 album, not the bottom one (4) Is it Mali? If so, why?
B) Manuscript transcribed in Old English (c.510) (5) Codex....doubt it?
C) German city centre obliterated in wartime bombing (6) Not cryptic enough for "WEIMAR". Can't parse this unless it's not cryptic!
D) Bill for man in trying circumstances (4) *E*K. Surely not BEAK....or is it? Maybe PECK?
E) Vitality's answer for one making kill (3) Z*P. Is it ZAP or ZIP? They both mean vitality.

M ( music's no I)
Al (bum)
I (one)

C510 = cdx with o ( old) e (English) anagram = codex

Weimar sounds ok - anagram of wartime minus t

Beak - it's also a term for magistrate ( man in trying situation)

Beak (bill)
A judge is nicknamed a beak in court trial

Zap also means to kill

Zap means to kill

Thank you zozozo and jazzgirl. All done now. Time to put the dinner on.....doh!