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Have come to a dead end. Need help with these 2 to get me going again. It may put a king in an unstable condition(5,2,5)

??u?e. ?o. ?a?d? Thought it was an anagram but the d scuppers that.
An artist conceals(for a frenchman) good bit of the body(9)
A??a???o??

Also is the answer to'team player given money payment for getting stuck in' Centre forward?

Thanks

1 house of cards

anklebone

Cent, reward around 'for'

yes centre forward

Thank you. Saw the house of cards as I posted message. Should have seen anklebone too. Lets hpoe I can finish it now.

I've finished ( I think!) but the parsing of the last one evades me:
2D Like certain notation in work that's short and insufficient ?(7) I have B?O?E?N . Looks like Boolean?

BOO(k) - work that's short; LEAN - insufficient

Boo(k) work - shortened then lean - insufficient?

Thanks ab and Chrise: that was too tenuous for my simple mind.