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Elam - dash & 'd'

10A ELAND Elan for dash and D for Damn, eland being a horned beast

I prefer SACK for 1A, punch can be a drink - sack, and an irreverent name for a frumpy dress is sack

A sock is a punch and, according to Chambers, a light shoe worn by Greek Roman actors of comedy.

I'm stuck on the top right corner and one in the bottom left. Hints only please.

3A Saucy PM? Less fat (8) - I don't have any letters for this but I think it might be an anagram of ATERNOON (afternoon with "f" missing).

4D Poets (6) ??K?R? - The first letter of this is the second letter of 3A.

5D Music hall (5) ??E?N - I think this might be ODEON, which makes "O" the fourth letter of 3A.

6D Mad setter is esteemed (5) ??A?E - I think "setter" might be "ME" which makes this ??AME.

7D Rooms in closes (4) ??D? - I think this might be ENDS, but I can't tally that with "Rooms".

And finally ...

25D Fine fellow (4) ?C?T - The obvious answer is SCOT (unless you play football of course), but ECHT parses quite well.

4D Lakers for Lake Poets?

25 a scot is a sort of tax or "fine"

3

has been given as

Impolite

Thanks. I try to avoid reading the rest of the thread until I've finished, but IMPOLITE sounds good and it also fits with ENDS and ODEON.

Thanks all, finished now.

4D is MAKARS

6D is IRATE