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Need assistance to finish please
11d (5) Revolutionary soldier covers basic search t -a --
20 ac (7) Writers firm epistle unfinished c- - - t - e
35 ac (4) Make home clean, scrubbing house - e-t
66 ac (9) Man on board ships ways to lead people
k - n- - - a - t
Have some thoughts, but hopefully the letters provided are not wrong?!
Help much appreciated as always

20a co lette(r)

25a (ho)nest

20 Colette .... co + lette(r)

66 kingcraft (the only word found by quick solve)

11d TRAWL
soldier = LT (lieutenant), reversed, around RAW, basic

35 (ho)nest

Thank you all guys for your help and parse. I had some of these but couldn't figure out- stupidity on my part. Never heard of Kingcraft though?

The craft of being a king?

KING is "man on (chess) board", CRAFT is ship (or whatever - I've forgotten the actual clue!)