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Yes folks. I think it must be Fife as the last intercepting letter is now E. Any possibility of parsing another couple?.......Simple symbol that's revered - it's used for healing purposes (9) I think it's BASILICON but don't know why. Simple is basic. An icon is a symbol. Basil + Icon or Basic + Ilion?
Cossack leader standing by a soldier (6) Is it ATAMAN? Which part of the clue relates to a soldier? If I take away ant, I'm left with ama!.... :(
At least I've learnt how to send a smiley today

'At a' could mean beside + man is soldier perhaps?

Anagram of basic and lion I think?

Mmmmm? Why is a man a soldier zozozo?
Do you want a smiley....... :)) ?

It's a crossword convention

Look down the list to soldiers

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossword_abbreviations

Glad Fife worked!

Thank you all (too many to mention). Time for my dinner now so will log off. See you next month!

very neat, Zozozo. BASIC + LION is certainly an anagram. BUT "simple" is an old word for "herb" and Icon is a better symbol