Some Needed To Edge Peers Robes, ????a??

[Quicky]

Boast very loudly, C????
Scottish, Irish, Border, Lakeland, ????O??
Was an ironing expert and fast, E???E????
Euro Comm, Initially and a science, ????A??
thanks for any help

[2sp_]

Scottish etc - Terrier if your O is wrong?

[redtrev]

expressed

[Frank97]

1, Crake

[factor-fiction]

Is there a theme to the quiz?

[Frank97]

Sorry, mine was for 2 not 1.

[factor-fiction]

I wondered with crake and terrier if it was an animals theme but clearly the 'expressed ' answer rules that out if it's right

[Baldric]

Robes ... .. . Ermines if 'a' is incorrect ?

[Baldric]

Boast ... .. . Crows ?

[factor-fiction]

Crake and crows?
Could be a bird theme then

[scorpiojo]

5 Ecology?

[factor-fiction]

Are these the exact clues, please Quicky? If it's a crossword, which one is it?
Ecology seems promising for the last one, but I'm wondering if there is another bit to the clue
Expresser for no 4?

[Quicky]

These are the exact clues , come from WI crossword

[factor-fiction]

Thanks. Are you sure of all your letters then?

[factor-fiction]

Assuming the capital I should be a small i, I think the last one will start with EC but although ecology looks promising I can't see where the logy comes from

[factor-fiction]

I mean the 'ology'

[factor-fiction]

It's gone quiet on this thread. I'll boost it back onto latest posts but if you get no answers soon you may find you'll get more answers by reposting in Crosswords section- all clues seem to get answered within a couple of minutes in there

[Mamyalynne]

-ology = a science in common parlance

[Mamyalynne]

ology (ˈɒlədʒɪ)
n, pl -gies
1. a science or other branch of knowledge

[factor-fiction]

Hi- thanks Mamya. I had taken that into account (as in Maureen Lipman TV ad)- but that would mean the science is being used twice (the other being the definition) wouldn't it?

[BlackadderV]

Remember Maureen Lipman in the BT adverts? You got an 'ology'?