The Week 1295

[Chaseman]

Last two to get and they interlink, with common letter denoted ^

9a Pacific Island nation that's 75% "dotty"! (4) ?^?i has to be Fiji but damned if I can see why!
6d Sounds like kind, upright member S?^?E (5) could be Spike or Spire but can't parse it.

[bookbinder]

9a 75% of the letters in Fiji have a dot.

[Lie-in King]

Fiji - 75% of the letters are dotty; have dots

Stile - "style"

https://chambers.co.uk/search/?query=stile&title=21st - Def 2

[Chaseman]

BB - thanks. So simple when it's pointed out!

any ideas on upright members (!)?

[Chaseman]

Thanks LIK - that's a word I didn't know before (in that context).

[bookbinder]

Glad I could help.