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Should it not have been 3,4,5,6

Fold raw? (6,5)

The intended sequence was the order of appearance in the literary work rather than letter length.

Chris, look at each word as an envelope ignoring the middle bits.

Chris it's "Wind in the Willows"
characters on the outside
RetreAT, MOraLE, etc
I thought you did the listener

That
That's what I didn't get Jono, first appearance in the book

MORALE should have come first, yes, sorry about that.

Too clever for me, but well done and thanks FJ and jono.

FJ - I only do puzzles where you solve the clue and write the answer in - no mucking about in between, please! So no Listener, EV, IQ etc.

Very clever Jono, very impressed Fiery. So obvious now we have the key

Badfinger…
https://youtu.be/9x1MZEDQbtA?si=xB-UpgMAOVbtft2L

Side sway? Teddy’s a stable boy (6,5)

Nice one, jono. Quite clever. Plus I love Badfinger. I don’t have an entry for tossed salad though. Plenty of naughty ones.