Herald

[dave1948]

One half done but not the other please help !
5a British and American way at first to get dive bomber (5)
S????
Scuba ?

14a On board deride certain shifts (6)
?????S

20..sail being abandoned getting soft on a Kremlin internee (5)
??S??

15d Philip's town and gown person's club is topping (7)
????D??

[fiction-factory]

slates?

[emeritus]

5a Stuka ?

[bookbinder]

5 Stuka

[dannyk13]

5a.Stuka

[dave1948]

Thank you Fiction-Factory

[fiction-factory]

5a- the way wiil be St

[dannyk13]

14a.Smocks

[dave1948]

Thank you Emeritus, Danny and Bookbinder Great minds..

[fiction-factory]

smocks is better than my incorrect slates- I was thinking of SS and LATES but that has an S too many and the deride is not the definition

[dave1948]

Thank you again DannyK Smocks seems more likely than slates

Not finished yet so I may be back

[Mamyalynne]

15 Macedon

[Mamyalynne]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Macedon

[dannyk13]

any more letters for 20?

[fiction-factory]

Is the ".. " relevant for 20- is it a 'follow-on' clue?

[dave1948]

Thank you again.

I agree with Macedon Thank you Mamyalynne
I think 20 is Basil. Do you agree ?

[dannyk13]

Basil looks OK but how do you equate B with soft?

[scorpiojo]

Softness of a pencil?

[scorpiojo]

..lead

[dannyk13]

ah! a bit tenuous IMO.

[dave1948]

Not sure but I got another answer giving the B and sail anagrammed.

Last one Long march he led, one during an order to retreat (3)
M?O
must be Mao but why ?