Enter 4d Mafia boss brought in former senior member (5) d???n

[boiswood]

9a With Xmas nearly over recall danec's narcotic tune (7) l?l?i??

Please and thanks

[Tilly2]

4d Doyen

[emmie]

doyen

[emmie]

9a lullaby

[Tilly2]

Could 9a be lullaby? (I don't know why, except a lullaby will send you to sleep)

[emmie]

tilly as above

[Flyhalf]

Don't see doyen, but lullaby is
Yul (ex Yule)
Ball reversed.

[Tilly2]

What's the 'recall danec's' bit?

[Flyhalf]

4d is don around ye, but can't see why ye, unless you've missed a word from the clue.

[fredkins]

I was stuck on this one,got the don bit as (mafia boss) but not the ye?

[emmie]

it's recall dance's narcotic tune...

[Flyhalf]

Tilly
She means dance, for which ball recalled is llab.

[Tilly2]

I got the 'Don' bit and know the word doyen to mean senior, so it was just a guess, as was lullaby.

[emmie]

4d is correct, it reads. Mafia boss brought in the former senior member,
doyen don mafia boss, ye, the -

[Tilly2]

No wonder I couldn't find anyone called 'danec' on Google! Honestly!

[Flyhalf]

Thanks, em10. It does help to see the exact clue.

[fredkins]

Just looked up (doyen) and It says "most respected or prominent person in a particular field"which a senior member Is normally seen as.

[Tilly2]

The correct spellings help too.

[emmie]

it does, but sometimes we are all in a hurry to get it answered..