Clues Please High Street Stores Past And Present C/D 28 Aug

[granny grump]

Last 3 please can you help with CLUES PLEASE

8. Near not before but (4)
9. Ace place (3 4)
14. Alight after loch (8)

Mrs Jean Ross
13 Duke St
Cromarty
Ross-Shire IV11 8YH

[Calibax]

9 Best store?

[Davemano]

Good clues^^^^^

[Mamyalynne]

Clues were requested.

[scorpiojo]

14 Founded and based in Windermere

[Jackdaw33]

English word for a body of water and a word meaning to come down to earth.

[Buenchico]

14: They sell good quality, but often pricey, kitchenware, bakeware, etc, together with storage solutions and some electrical stuff.

[Mamyalynne]

Do you take pleasure from doing that Denton?

[Jackdaw33]

Denton the OP doesn't want the answers, he wants clues which will lead him to the answers.

[Denton]

Doing what? Tryiing to answer clues.

[Mamyalynne]

You've read the OP - CLUES, you've read the clues from others yet you have to one up.

Not in the spirit of what the OP asked.

[Denton]

I read the OP as wanting to know the names of High Street Stores, Past and Present. Don't like your manner Mamyalynne,just because you are on here every day, it doesn't give you the right to talk to people like that!! I honestly didn't,and still don't know what is being asked.

[scorpiojo]

GG was asking for clues, not answers.

[Jackdaw33]

The OP is not looking for answers but further clues.

[Denton]

Why?

[Denton]

Forget it,I am still none the wiser.

[scorpiojo]

Possibly the setter's request.

[Mamyalynne]

I don't think I was rude, the question is crystal clear.

Unsure why how often I am on here is relevant.