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Tnx Malone,

Another word explanation added to my vocabulary.

Next query;
# 13, 8D: Neat couple...Ans: Yoke

Couple is ok but neat?

Neat is an old word for cattle or oxen

Tnx Candledave.

I should have remembered Neat !!

Next one...#18, 5D....Drill noisily in wood...Ans: Cedar.

Wood ok, but drill noisily?

I think the 'noisily' indicates a sounds like -Seeder, drill, noun.

Tnx Malone,

I had never heard of a seeder drill and did not know that is might be noisy when working !!

Also, the clue suggests that the answer is a verb.

A better clue might have been: "A noisy drill in wood".

Colmm, thanks. The drill isn't 'noisy' - the 'noisily' is in the clue to indicate that there's a 'sounds like' element. Sometime a clue has 'in audition' or 'we hear', just to indicate a homophone.
Seeder is defined in Chambers as 'a seed drill', so that part is definitely fine.

Tnx Malone for that explanation.