Saga

[Daij]

4d Old men in the family shedding pounds - or less? (6)
O???E?
9a Make effacement from Shakespeare? Slight row about that (7)
D?S????
15a Old stone workers getting fee cut (6)
?E?H??
12d Working girl given place in grand ceremony (8)
???S?T??
14d Dejected like a sort of tart? (7)
A?A?O?T ALAMORT?
19d Example of the blues is devastating to the ears (4)
?A?E
23a Fixed stake in volcano, facing west. (4)
?N??

Thanks in advance

[Mamyalynne]

4 Ounces

O unc(l)es

[bookbinder]

23a ante

[Mamyalynne]

23 Ante, Etna back

[Mamyalynne]

15 Men hir(e)

[Daij]

Another: Drink, needing the courage to go on strike (3,3,6)
... , THE BOTTLE

HIT? GET? GOT?

12d FRISETTE? Possibly?

[Davemano]

Hit the bottle

[Daij]

Thanks very much. Super!

[davang19]

12d grisette: g(rand) rite with set in the middle

[Maxymax464]

Any thoughts on 9a and 19d.? Dislimn is the only word I can find that fits 9a but can't parse that.

[Mamyalynne]

Yes

Slim (slight) in Din (row)

[Toorak]

Dislimn looks fine - slim (slight) inside din (row)

[Maxymax464]

Thanks Mamyalynne & Toorak. For some reason I was fixated on row being a tier! Just the blues one to get now.

[Maxymax464]

There is a singer called Wale who arguably sang the blues but it is bit obtuse although of course devastating to the ears would be wail. What do you think?

[Lie-in King]

19d Saxe - "sacks"; devastating to the ears; heard

https://tinyurl.com/yxzc4nrs

[Maxymax464]

Thanks Lie-in King. I dismissed it because I thought it was sax rather than saxe!

[Lie-in King]

Glad I could help :-)

[call04]

Dislimn - slim (slight) in din (row)