Herald

[dave1948]

4d English press go over the top with leading sports book (5)
???E?

1d 10 capital 4 anglicised ? (8)
?A?????O
My answer to 10 is American and the only word I can see is Santiago

23 10's example of gutter press leading on historic Dubrovnik (6)
?A?U?A

[Oldred]

23 Ragusa

[dave1948]

thank you oldred

[dave1948]

A few more !
11a Primate with no hair loss ? Just the opposite (7)
???D???

13d Notes Handel utilized in introduction to this OT type(8)
??A?D?A?

[dannyk13]

11a.Baldwin?

[dave1948]

Thanks Danny Great answer !

[Mamyalynne]

13 Chaldean

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/chaldean

[dannyk13]

13d.Chaldean?

[Oldred]

13d Chaldean ? - anagram Handel + C + E

[Oldred]

4d Jam e s ?

[Oldred]

http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2010/09/name_equivalents

seems to bear out Santiago for1d

[dave1948]

Thank you all

I also came up with Chaldean and James so Santiago must be right too.3 answers to go :
9a To-do with hotel reportedly being rejected (4)
?T?R
Star ?
3d Martyr's road twists over the country (7)
?L?A?I?
14d Bar's tax return is in time for this quarter (7)
?A?E?N?
which I think may be tavern.
All help welcome !

[Oldred]

9a stir - sounds like Ritz reversed

[dannyk13]

Taverna - vat reversed + r(return)inside era(time)

[Mamyalynne]

Albania - Alban A1

[Oldred]

3d Alban ia

[dannyk13]

3d.Albania - Alban(Martyr) + A1 reversed

[dave1948]

Thank you all.

Just one small query y on 9a stir I can see rits backwards sounds Ritz but how does it fit with "To-do with?

[dannyk13]

stir a to-do

[fiction-factory]

caused a bit of a stir= caused bit of a to-do?

[dave1948]

Thank you Factor-Fiction and (once again) Danny.

Needless to say I didn't like this crossword as so much help was needed but as always the great people on answerbank came up with goods !