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Horribly stuck today, hardest one for weeks! May have things wrong but ....

9a Cook meant to eep most of portion close to him
--b-e--

12a
make much of mother's crops due to change
m--- produce

13a its driven by wiind variable 8 in bremen
--c-t

I had:
9a) ambient
12a)mass produce
13a)yacht

Ambient.
Mass produce.
Yacht.

Thank you so much

But why?

Also 11a Money container --n

1d sheepish about growth - its looking back s-a---y

4d try this having ousted current invaders g-t-s

Thank you so much

But why?

Also 11a Money container --n

1d sheepish about growth - its looking back s-a---y

4d try this having ousted current invaders g-t-s

Tin.
Swarthy.
Goths.

Thank you so much again, but still can't see why

Ma's + [anag} crops due

Y [variable] + Acht [8 in German]

9a)anagram of meant + bi (most of portion most of biT.
12a) mothers = ma's + crops + due
13a) variable is y (like x,y or z in algebra) + acht which means 8 in Germany/Bremen.
Hope this helps.

Money container

Tin

Double definition

Tin is slang for money
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-thesaurus/money