Bearded giant maybe sides with the family divided

[ngotorosa]

12 across: Bearded giant maybe sides with the family divided. e?l ???g

[paulintownsville]

erl king
I had to look it up

[ngotorosa]

Brilliant. How about: Profane Croat finds new way to get through pass dangerously c?t ?c???p
Also: Blind follower's taken out in Rome? ?e?i??
These are the last two I need.

[paulintownsville]

Its cut across (15 down is Set Forward. The blind follower is Merino (as in a sheep).

[Cryptomaniac]

14a is CUSS with croat anagramised inside. I guessed 9 and 10a as vanishing cream, but can anyone parse this for me please. Similarly for 12a ERL KING. And could do with some help with 2d 'for popular quartet a 5th is admitted' (2,6) -n -n-a-a-r? and 6d 'long to pursue runner said rapper to wit' (9) -c-l-c-t?

[plautus]

Scilicet. Means the same as viz, i.e. see, to wit.

[plautus]

I think 2d is "in favour"

[plautus]

e.g, for example, maybe, rl (right left sides) kin - family.

[whistleblower]

Vanishing cream can be parsed as 'SCREAMINGLY' meaning in hilarious fashion without the CREAM ie vanishing cream, gives on SINGLY

[Cryptomaniac]

Eventually got 2d 'in favour', but many thanks Plautus and Whistleblower for the superb explanations; Mr/ Ms Enigmatist has got an almost inpenetrable style of crossword compilation!