1. Sounds like male deer over 5 years of age.
2. A member of the bean family.
3. A builder's aid.
4. Sample new growth.
5. Imaginary bird gives its name to famous northern city.
Everybody's on the ball this afternoon except me! Thank you very much. Had been struggling with the remnants of this quiz for a couple of weeks. Two more to finish it off:-
a. A minor problem to be smoothed out.
b. Sounds like the fleet's in port.