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Swordfish, it's an anagram - and more spottable if you use capitals! The 'short' shows the answer is an abbreviation (a long one!). It's a topical BBC quiz show....

Got it now. Thanks!

Thanks, Swordfish68. 'Disney' was what I came up with yesterday, but it was so obviously wrong. I chuckled when I spotted the 'extremely funny' and realised how those letters would fit in. I quite like being caught out - occasionally!

15A Issue with a king’s batty aid
S-N-R
There are not many options but struggling to parse any one of them. Any thoughts?

SONAR (as used by bats)

Sorry, you asked for parsing:

SON - issue
A R(ex) for King

Thank you that does make sense to me now. I was thinking of batty relating to sanity. No wonder I was confused.

Eye 806."pissed off with axe,causing lively exchange. (9). Have???b?f???. Hint would be very helpful as not sure my B (5 down) and F(6 down) are correct. Many thanks.

Mrsalad, your 5 down is wrong, parses as 5,4

This time around the top left is baffling me. If some kind soul can give me the answers to 9(a) "admittedly gay Republican caught in raid" storm (8) and 11(a) Elected to do what you should do with vacated city's ruinous state (10) that would be a great help