I Cryptic 2146

[Ripper]

1/2 down: Poetry or music say, mother's not found in tabloid (4,4)M??? N???
10 across: Bridge player's call ard to finish (5)????H 9 down: Could not progress without beginning to look exhausted (6-2) ?A?H?D-?P
Thanks in advance.

[dannyk13]

Washed up?

[dannyk13]

10a.Forth?

[Mamyalynne]

1 Mass noun

[Johnh42]

Was held up ... Minus l first letter of look

[Ripper]

10 across Bridge player's call hard to finish (5)????H I'm now thinking south (Bridge player) but don't get the wordplay (except the H - hard to finish) please could someone enlighten me?
Thanks

[dannyk13]

Playerss call For(e)+ rh

[dannyk13]

^th^

[Ripper]

I've got S?U?T
Probably me being thick!

[Captain2]

You've got 'S?U?T' for which clue Ripper?

[Ripper]

10 across

[Captain2]

But Danny's answered 10a for you up ^^^^ there?

[dannyk13]

South-n shout with 'h' to end

[dannyk13]

Ignore the 'n'

[Captain2]

Ah well, sorry to have doubted you Ripper ;)))

[dannyk13]

My fault Capt. Parsed it wrong first time.

[mikey4444]

If it really is FORTH for 10a, where does that leave us with 1/2 down ?

M?F? N?R?

[dannyk13]

MIkey, ignore forth the answer is South as parsed at 17.42

[Ripper]

Mass noun (answered by some very clever person earlier)

[mikey4444]

Thanks Danny....I was a bit confused about the south/ forth bit !

( he says as he gets his Tippex out)

[Jackdaw33]

I have never ever come across the term 'mass noun'.