10A: Article written for the Courier? (6)
L?A?E?
Answer may be LEADER, fits definition part "Article", but what to do withi Courier?
14A: Small budget for say, Oxford's American connection (10)
S?O?S?R?N?
Answer is obviously SHOESTRING, fits definition part "Small budget", but what about the rest of the clue?
24A: Only keeping single figure out (5)
S?L?E
Answer appearst to be SOLVE. Fits definition part "figure out". SOL?E being "Only". But what has "V" got to do with "single"?