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Weekend Ft 14484

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HenHen | 10:17 Sat 30th Nov 2013 | Crosswords
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Stuck on several
4ac - old piece of raised ground in identical part of prison (8) - ?H???I?G
6d - it's normally written of most of African country in most of capital (8) - ??N???N?
13ac - little pieces are protean (6) - ???N?E
20ac - like these old pieces, it is hot after brief comment on cold? (7) - ?R?T?S? - british, brutish? why?
18d - old piece crossing itself below (8) - ???P???E
19d - proffered number of foreign coloured (8) - ???D???D - reddened? why?

Help appreciated, with explanations please.

Many thanks

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Mites are in the Arachnid family so may stick with that.
I'm thinking Mite is more likely now.
I prefer mite as I haven't yet found an adequate meaning of PIDE that explains the 'old' (unless there is an old Scottish word i've missed).
Even mite seems to use the word 'piece' twice- is that accepted in cryptics?
Old piece being reference to the coin - Mite the arachnid.
D'oh. Thanks mamya- I was still thinking of the PIDE from piece of spider.
Mite is is

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