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Good morning all. Feeling remarkably thick today. Only actually solved five clues. So a HINT ONLY please to help break the blockade... let's see. 3 down might be a place to go. Orphaned thus sat out to collect money (4,3,3,5).
I have ????/???/??T/???N?. I can see an anagram indicated and the possible definition at the end or am I barking up the wrong tree. Help!

It is an anagram of

orphaned thus sat

def. is "to collect money" (in an item of clothing)

yes anagram try chambers word wizard with the 1st 3 words of the clue and just tweak the answer a bit

Doh! Thanks each.

I thought that there were some lovely clues in this one; for example
Cut the funny business - had the shakes to risk your lfe (4,4,5)
Mournfully noted that loo door's broken! (8)
Sign under phone to get really empty literature on the move (6,7)

One I've a slight question about
After losing energy, I needed Indian vegetable (6)

What is the "needed" doing? "Got", or similar, would be better, surely?

The "i" is needed after you have the first 5 letters of the answer ?

I'm reading it as "After losing energy" + I to give the vegetable; hence the "needed" isn't.......um.......needed.

after - *(e)**** , then "i" needed

The compiler is just saying that "i"is needed to get the answer after the first 5 solved. Seems fine to me

jazzy @9
Yes, it's a minor point, but I think

after *(e)**** , then "i"

is all that is "needed"