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Hi all, bit of a newbie at this and struggling on 8D 'Society in old Elizabeth I's rule' (6) and 11A 'Patch article on male "transitional" (9). Looking for some clues to these rather than the complete answer please. Thanks!

*Patchy

Do you have any letters placed?

8 The usual Old abbreviation, the usual four letter Elizabeth I, with the usual Society in between the two. It's 'rule' more in the ' occupy your thoughts' than rule, reign.

11 Patchy is the definition, so just as well you corrected it!
The 'article' could be in a newspaper or magazine, then 'transitional' indicates an anagram...

I just can’t get 5 down..OBN candidate, babe who wants to go places? 7 letters. I think beginning with C and ending with R. Thank you

Looks like “crawler”.
OBN is old boys network, I assume.

Actually OBN is “Order of the Brown Nose”, a subsection of Private Eye devoted to instances of excessive sycophancy

Thank you! Got it now

Thanks, I had 5D wrong which was throwing me off...done now !