12a Here's a wrinkle - take bird's part r?d?e
17a I have a fifty-fifty arrangement? Well, no! ??l
3d Hear as given in approval t?i?e (could it be 'thine')
For those who wondered what the last one in the skewed photos in the Inverness Courier last week, the photo which looked like railway sleepers was actually a bench in the Islands. Thanks to those who tried to work it out.