Stickler this week:
4a Royalty (7) ending in S
12a Anticipates, usurps (3-5) ???-??P??
4d Ships front part (4) ??O?
6d Old communication method (5) ??B??
8d English county (6) ?O???E
Many thanks for all your help. The "E" is from
15a Pertaining to someone or something not seen in ages (4-4)
I have put in Long gone
For it to be Dorset, 15a would be long-?O?T