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Got 1 to 4, still struggling on M.P.!

A first for me, too, seeing #1 immediately.
Pick up th' paintbrush ginge!

"M.P." solved now, too!

Hello, Jolan, you poor starving thing. I've got all of them but have to go out (hauling my mother to an appointment- well, perhaps I should let her sit inside the car) and may miss posting time. Very nice clues as always, infuriating site as always.

OK, I'll try for the tenth time....

1- BIRTH CONTROL
2- D EBOR AH
3- O GAM
4- AFTER ITS KIND
5- SHE EP SHE ARERS

1. end of labour=birth; govt.=control; BIRTH CONTROL
2."robe" reversed inside "had" = DEBORAH
3. duck=O, leg=gam; OGAM alphabet
4. wanting=after; its family=its kin: dead=d: AFTER ITS KIND
5. Two females = she...she; carrying record =EP; anag. rears ("fancy"): SHEEPSHEARERS (M.P. Australian sheep)

Nice ones again, Jolan: thank you for the extra entertainment!
(Btw we have a diet that doesn't hurt at all & allows you to lose 2 stone in 3 months!)

Thanks jolan

I had 1,2 and 3, but wouldn't have got 4 and 5 if I had thought with both hands for a week!

I'm hoping that you will explain the Marco Polo reference.

Thanks jolan

I had 1,2 and 3, but wouldn't have got 4 and 5 if I had thought with both hands for a week!

I'm hoping that you will explain the Marco Polo reference.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Sr1gf-IXTFM/UC3-jzAHnaI/AAAAAAAABFU/hCdkERi4VAE/s1600/marco-polo-sheep-afghanistan-lg.jpg

Sadly all I solved was Deborah :(

Marco Polo sheep I had never beard of but have posted an image for Chris.

thanks Jolan for your brilliant clues but too clever for me