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9A tall, blonde wife leaves crowd in resort 6
?O?D??
14A A company guarding ones back in old empire
?E?S?? (I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT 'MEXICO' but that throws out
'designated driver' for 11d!!)
12d item of property:lots changing hands would make some talk 7
????T?L
20a send out a person after small interval 8
?e?i???e
any help gratefully received!!

20 Semitone, interval. S, small +Emit, send out + One, a person.

crowd in without w - wife - nordic=- tall blonde?

9a Nordic
14a Persia
12d chattel
20a semitone

12 Chattel, item of property. If it ended with R, right, instead of L, left, it would be Chatter, talk.

chat tel?
a rep - is back - Persia?

wow!!!!! that was quick!!! many thanks one and all xx