Guardian Prize August 16

[olegrahl]

Latin America's revolutionary reserves behind Muslim nations (10)
--L-A-A-A-E- Sultanates? If so why?
Uplifing narrative about love , one using 24 down (blue) language (7)
-R-O----
Party in retreat--Liberal Party (4) B---
Setters wearing old headgear could be saps (8) --H-U---

Such lines of verse as here are found Allow great deeds to go sround (8)
C-U----- Churches?
Xie xie nimen

[bibblebub]

latin america's revolutionary = reverse l us = SU L
reserves = T.A - territoral army
behind = NATES - the buttocks

[Mamyalynne]

Sultanates

Latin America's revolutionary - LUS becomes SUL
Reserves - TA
Behind/buttocks - NATES

[bibblebub]

2: TROOPER = 'report' reversed outside love = O

3: BALL = 'lab' reversed + L

4: EXHAUSTS
'us' [the setters of the crossword] inside old = EX, heagear = HATS

5: COUPLETS = 'let' inside 'coups'