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5 more queries or 'no ideas'. Explanations preferred if poss.
A) Dejected - strike interrupts unfinished vessel (7)
Is it ALAMORT? If so, why?
B) Composer's scornful work not given run (5)
Is it SATIE? If so, why?
C) He's in, but not to be disturbed (4) O*T(?)*
D) Go abroad with cross-channel dash (4) **A*
E) Welshman raised, say, from bed on a regular basis (6) **R*S
IDRIS? CERYS? DAI? TAFFY? How about Sir Dai (backwards) sounds like (say) Idris. I'm barking up the wrong tree, aren't I?

B. Satie, composer - Satire would be the 'scornful work', remove the r/run.

C. Otto - He's in the clue - 'nOT TO ...'

a) lam(strike) in aort[a]
d) elan? dash and french for dash?

e) emrys? every other letter from ' say, from bed' - raised = backwards if it's a down clue.

Thank you Malone & Trevor but I still can't understand the alamort and emrys answers. What does LAM mean and how did you come up with the answer of EMRYS Trevor?

raised can mean backwards, in a down clue.
'say, from bed' raised = deb morf yas.
'on a regular basis' means take every other letter from 'deb morf yas'.

lam means to hit or strike something or someone.

Thank you Trevor. Will study your reply tomorrow. At the moment I am feeling like a daft one. Over and out. I need my ugly sleep!