Not my day ~~~ struggling on the following : 1 Down ~ Doctor retains a late starting servant (5), 2 Down ~ Put on step (5), 5 Down ~ Far-seeing little academic heard reversing name (9), 6 Down ~ Straggling weeds lie next to small flower (9), 17 Down ~ Throws back notes, yet begins to amaze (7) ........... just not my week....HELP (please)....