Stumped on these

[Trevilino]

Singer to captivate that woman totally (10)
a_t_g_ _ _ _ _
Bit of game to flush from cover? (6)
_r_ _ _ _
Go too far using serve with topspin (8)
_v_ _ _ _ _ _
Blunders when taking first part of oral examination (6)
_ _ _ i _ o _
Watch servant getting liquid that has percolated (7)
_ e _ _ _ g _

[jno]

overstep

[leylander]

altogether

grouse

[leylander]

seepage

[shaneystar2]

1st one ...altogether

[shaneystar2]

2 Grouse
Last one ...seepage

[shaneystar2]

Sorry if it looks as if I have "rubberstamped "..but those other answers were not there when I posted !

[jno]

quite right, shaney, they weren't there a couple of minutes ago... leylander must have some delayed release mechanism for his/her answers!

[jno]

PS how do you get grouse, exactly?

[shaneystar2]

Bit of game = G and rouse .....flush from cover ...as in rouse up .. and Grouse is the "game".

[jno]

is it normal for a clue to use the same word - game - twice in this way? As the answer but also as part of the answer? Because of course a bit of the answer will be included in the answer, but shouldn't the word 'game' stand on its own as the basic clue? Harrumph.

[shaneystar2]

Hahaha.......The way these cryptic clue setters minds work is one of lifes great mysteries ! And I still can't fathom out the fourth one .

[shaneystar2]

Doh .....Errors Errs (blunders)+ OR ..first part of (Or)al

[Trevilino]

Many thanks all
One of those days when I couldn't see the woods for the trees.

[Trevilino]

Blunders when taking first part of oral examination (6)
_ _ I _ O _

The I is from Char I sma (Tea remains mother's finely bestowed talent)
The O is from Reference P O int (Derby winner provides benchmark 8,5)

[shaneystar2]

Then it could be TRIPOS
Trips.. blunders ...+ First part of oral ..O
Tripos is any examination for BA Hons at Cambridge .

[Trevilino]

Thanks Shaneystar2 (Is there a Shaneystar1?) - I would never have got that in a month of Sundays.

[dr john]

If you're still about jno, the clue for grouse is OK. It's what they call an '& lit' (and literally) clue, where the whole of the clue stands as the definition, as well as (in a different reading) the wordplay.