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He's now snoring on the sofa (the dog, not the owner) haha

Well, we're not getting very far on the sharks & the pilots & the nets & the interiors & the straits, are we? At least I'm not..............

Perhaps in the last few minutes before the deadline, jolan might at least point out the definitions for the ones that no-one seems to have solved......?

Yes! We don't know what "rosie" has/had, but I think most of us are still absolutely stuck on 1, 2 & 5 --- am I right?

Correct as far as I am concerned, GK - as I implied, the clues are so well constructed that the definition parts are (very!) far from obvious - to me, at least.

OK my paltry efforts today:
3 SEA LAVENDER - a sea-shore plant I can tell a story about; SEAL A VENDER (sounds like or nearly is VENDOR)
4 SCARED (subtractive anagram)

Ditto for me: not much for a whole afternoon's thinking!

I am offering just #4 as this is the only one I am confident is correct:

4. (subtractive anagram) SCARED (chicken)

Thanks jolan, but my brain hurts. J

btw the story - an English plantswoman called Ellen Wilmott:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Willmott
developed a cultivar of Sea Lavender that she was very impressed by. When she visited other people's gardens, she always took an opportunity to drop a few seeds. The plants would germinate and the form became known as "Mrs Wilmott's Ghost", as its presence showed her passing.

Just got back. The only one I can add to those is #5- UP AGAINST IT.