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1a Boy in academy starts to court daughter, 14 (8,4)
8d Musical article featuring my old pieces (5,8)
9d Band fared badly with randy couple in song (5,3,5)
14d Approach finish in anger, regularly showing female wit (10)

Compiler Lohengrin

14 Comedienne, female wit?

Come die nne
(iN aNgEr)

1 Victoria Wood
8 Acorn Antiques An, article, with Cor, my, inside and Antiques, old pieces.
9 Barry And Freda (anagram)

Those are all linked, thematically. I don't know what the '14' in 1 A refers to.

The 14 in 1A is referring to 14D, which is the definition.

Thanks, DavidW. I had a gap between solving, so managed to miss that!