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2 D.My pal, Brendan, parsed this on here a few years ago.
Minuscule = toy, small etc, take away Cu, copper, common in crosswords and Le, half of Lead.

12 Just a double definition, I think. Credence, a sort of table and credence, confidence, belief...

Thanks malone/brendan fro 2d....i was miles away with that one.

18a. (LONG W)* in CRASS (thick)

A credence table is the “small table beside the altar on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated”

Thanks everyone.

10a. Cobalt miners maintain one rotating sequence
CONTINUUM

7d. Singer, very good, keeping musical work organised
SOPRANO

5d. Contract excluding wife's tax
DRAIN

Parses for the above please.

10. CO (cobalt) NUM (miners) + UNIT (one, reversed)

Thanks jono.

Happy to help. The other two are…

OP (musical work) + RAN (organised) in SO (very)
and
DRA(w) IN

cheers jono.


5d. Great composer? Hear hear!
LISZT

18a. Writer, intense, on taking in NI peninsular
RICHARDSON

Parses for the above please.