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There are a few clues that I cannot work out.

#5, 1D, "One that's blowing the gaff, say".....Ans: Bloomer.

Please parse.

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Colmm, to blow means to bloom, according to Chambers, so a bloomer is blowing, and 'the gaff, say' is a sounds like, it sounds like gaffe, a mistake, bloomer.

ChrisE, I think it was the other thread which Norah was going to delete?

Thanks Malone,

One solved. I will post my next one in due course.

Glad I could help, Colmm.

# 9, 6D..."City given order to wear blue".....Ans: Indecent.

I can understand blue. I cannot connect city given order.

Parse please.

Indent = (to) order, Chambers and EC is city, though I can't remember why! It's been a crosswords stalwart for as long as I've been doing them (and Bradfords Crossword Dictionary lists EC under 'city').

Curiosity got the better of me, so I investigated. EC is the postcode prefix for the East Central area of London, which is commonly referrred to as 'the City'.

EC is the postcode common to the four districts of the City of London, aka the Square Mile.

It’s the general post code (East Central) for the City of London, more specifically split into EC1, EC2… etc.