Saga September 09

[beanpole]

8d Man of faith welcoming male ruler (6)
S?E?A?

16d Samson ultimately in fix declared hair source of power (4,4)
?I?G ?A?N

All help gratefully accepted

[beanpole]

Why has this gone into Arts & Literaure rather than Quizzes & Puzzles

I've never had this problem before ???

[Jumbuck]

8d SHEIKH (ruler)

man of faith = SIkh
male = he

s he ikh

16d RING MAIN (source of power)

Samson ultimately = last letter of Samson = n
fix = rig
declared hair = sounds like mane = main

ri n g main