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Hi articpenguin

9a is a 10 letter word...wild onion is a moly...

Gosh, this one is a stinker. Just central block to go, and some names and quote to find. Can anyone give a nudge to 6 or the clues that start 'intrigued, did deal and work both ways...'

6
First clue is an anagram

Second clue starts internal. It is something that has things which need attention.

Work both ways- misprint in pay should be pal

I'm really struggling on this one as I can't cold-solve many of the shapes. It would help if I could have a nudge for the across clues 5, 7 and the second part of 4 (which seems to consist of only 2 words).

4 Scottish clayey rock she sculpted, overdue deep-cutting order

Ans type of rock beginning with sc


5 Regressing, use plastic to unlock alcohol, mixing gins, beer, short -- it might be alarming

Alcohol is first definition- a type of plastic in reverse without its first four letters. Answer begins with L

2nd clue- alarming def. Anagram of gins and another word for beer shortened.


6 One who cuts open damaged internal beam, which holds things needing attention

First answer anagram- definition one who cuts. "nd answer should then be easier- holds things needing attention is def.

7 Those following a career in military intelligence answer “aye-aye”, etc

This is a 10 letter answer- aye-aye look up in Chambers- not just what you make think it is- begins with p- ends ans (answer)

Sorry it was second part you wanted not first

Definition is order- beginning with r

I'm close to throwing in the towel.

Can someone help me with these 3 Shapes ones?

A Scottish shaver may be subject to severe treatment shortly
Governors catching overt Oregon sources of poison in LA
Dick perhaps comes back with no naira - typical of a Nigerian.

Thanks.

Thank you for those hints, djawhufc. Has anyone noticed that if you solve all the across clues and correctly guess the perimeter names you don't have to solve a single "shape" clue? I can't see an instruction in the preamble to mark the shapes. Or have I missed it?

Not sure that if you managed to guess exactly what had to go in the perimeter, you would know how to place it, without solving at least some of the shape clues.

To: Clueless22
First clue is to a Scottish word for shiver ( 4 letters);
Second is a container - Governors around overs, Oregon (ie OOR). LA is a misprint for SA
Misprinted word in 3rd is DIRK. Think what sort of thing a dirk is, remove N (naira) and reverse it. Answer is a Nigerian; "typical of" seems redundant but the answer can be a noun or adjectival.

To anyone else:
I've filled over 80% of the grid, but I'm wondering if I've gone wrong somewhere, because the right-hand perimeter column doesn't make much sense. Is it in a foreign language?