Catholic Herald 2

[dave1948]

Still struggling depite Bibblebub's assistance

3d Motivated Edward to give support for clergyman (7)
?R?D?E?
Prodded is the only word I can see but (if so ) why ?

4d One who cries when a follower leaves, it's plain (5)
?O?E?

17d Noisy five left thrown out of pub (5)
???A?

18a Road firm race to gather rubble (4,4)
?A?D ????

All help very welcome

[cancross]

3d - DD is clergyman, pro = support, ED = Edward

[bibblebub]

16d VOCAL = v + (l)ocal

[dave1948]

Thank you Cancross and Bibblebub again

18a now ?A?D ?O??

Any further ideas

[mike11111]

18 Hard Core

[bibblebub]

hard core

[dave1948]

Thank you both.

Any ideas on 4d ? It's one of those which could be virtually anything

[scotman]

4D sober

[dave1948]

Thanks Scotman. Very helpful.

One last query
14d Reserve dirty building to loook over (7)
Modesty is my answer
I can see dirty building =sty and modesty=reserve but to look over = mode ?

[scotman]

Mode could be from a fashion or look as in 'a la mode'

[dave1948]

Yes Scotman as a former teacher of French i shold have seen tat