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Think have got a few wrong

15ac
Drop baby into bowl (8)
Got diminish

19ac
Bitter as wine that's carried round (10)
Got astringent

11d
PR people drop into shows (5-6)
Got press agents

17d
One's sorry about old actor
(7)
Not a clue here , he's using the word 'old' for something , occurs in clue for 8d too ??

yes for the 1st 3

17d Poitier ... actor ...pitier (one who's sorry) with o(old) inside


15a mini (baby) inside dish

11d sag(drop) inside presents

19a tent can be wine ...so ring(round shape) inside as t ent

The first three are correct.
17d: Poitier = actor(def)
pitier - one's sorry
o -old

Thanks Scarlett and Elle ,it is a different language with DM , still several to do but feel can press on now !

Still stuck.
8d
Old singer has to go off, heading for Easter Island (9)

Cannot make word from
L -N - A - O - E

16d
Romance? It's "other things" in Latin name (7)

I -A - I - -


Can make 'imagine' but cannot parse

8d: Lanzarote= island (def)
Lanza - old singer
rot- go off
E -E(aster)

16d: Italian = Romance (def)
alia- Latin for "other things"
It
n- name

Well thanks Elle !
Appreciate the explanation , at least the letters I had were OK.

Final request for parsing
22d
Exhaust - it's quiet (3)

Have S -P , so put SAP as it means 'exhaust' , and I can see P means 'quiet' , so what about SA ?