saga december 2006

[crossword]

could I have help please with the following questions
1 across 3 and 6 letters
In charge of health resort retiring young lady appears thus changed S?? ?A?S?M
2 down 9 and 6 letters Body snatcher? He's looking for company ??R?O?A? E ?A????
26 across15 letters With uncertainty that confuses one end with another I?????R?????I?N
27 across 5 letters Bird isentified from closer inspection of its feathers S????

[johnalex]

26a Indetermination . . . . 1end (anag) + termination

[BriWrite]

Could 26 across be incomprehension?

[kayakamina]

27 Serin.. Hidden

[BriWrite]

Maybe not, I like johnalex's a lot better.

[kayakamina]

1 Sic passim

[ulysses100]

2dn corporate raider
27ac serin
1ac sic passim

[crossword]

thank you all for the answers I received with such speed.
I have a few more to do and would be glad of your help
8 down where collections are made following fights
9 letters ??S?B?X?S
6 across throw out the brush 5 letters ??R?? (could this be shrub)
6 down 4 letters take off using second gear ??I?
(could this be SKID)
24 down where they teach only part of the alphabet ?T?N
19 down 3 and 4 letters a quote from Byron
"...Coop'd in their winged ***-**** citadel"
25 down 4 letters banks of the river eroded revealing part od hors's collar ?A?E

[athene]

8d Cashboxes
6d Skit
24d Eton
25d Hame

[athene]

19d sea-girt

[ulysses100]

8dn is postboxes

[athene]

Yes you are right U

[ulysses100]

as 6ac is scrap
24dn Eton ( E to N)
19dn sea girt
25dn (T)hame(s)

[crossword]

Thank you all for the answers and explanations on how you came by the answers. It is a great help

Many Thanks