Quizzes - cryptic clues

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Question marks denote a missing letter.

Old mother of = ????RAT??? (10)

at the hat shop = ??????ERS (9)

who illustrated childrens books = ??CKH?? (7)

from Boots = ??MIM?? (7)

a rake = ???HAR?? (8)

stockings = ???HER?????

Dickens & Joneses = ?????BOU??

A large blue-white diamond = ???ELS???

this sentence is for 2 clues: = (indicating the presence of Waterstone) implements" - the last answer is likely to have the clue =implements= -- ???ROS????? ??LIT??

Peter = ????DLE

printed in red= ???RIC????

Marks and Spencer = ?????OAT

Woolworth = ???TLA??

"for a perfect 5th (or 16th) century jestbook = 2 clues ???QUI?????? ??OGG??

High Street = ????TOS??????

buying things up wholesale =???ROS????

there between Clive and Lewis= ????LES

Ant = ??GAT??

Basque = ???KAR???

on the Emerald Isle = ??ARA??

where men stand looking= ???TER

one of the madder family members= ???DEN??

this time of year = ???ELL

Any help much appreciated!

[WTW]

This time of year NOWELL (alt spelling)

[JMR27]

at the hat shop - milliners

[JMR27]

illustrated children's books - Rackham

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Printed in red Rubrically

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Jest book Quintilis ?

[JMR27]

buying things wholesale - engrossing

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Basque - Euskarian

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Blue-white diamond The Excelsior

[JMR27]

Emerald Isle - Smaragd?

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Smaragd is an Emerald. But don't see how it fits your clue.

[JMR27]

madder family - gardenia

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Is your T correct in 'Where men stand looking?'
If not, then it could be Corner as in "Standing at the corner watching all the girls go by." La de da and dum mum et al.

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I'll leave it to you JMR27
I'm off for supper.

[Salty]

Peter - Dwindle

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A rake = Lothario

[Salty]

Woolworth - Shetland?

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High street = stratospheric ?

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Description of type of queen ant.
Yellow to black species, smaller in size (WL< 2.0 mm); eyes absent or present as dots in worker; absent, present as dots, or present and small but multifacetted, in ergatoid queen; pygidium as seen from above truncate in worker, concave in ergatoid queen.

Note that ergatoid has an extra letter than given in the clue.

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Guys these are all fantastic, really appreciate the help.
on the "men stand looking" clue, yes I am certain about ???TER. I was thinming LOITER perhaps.

Any expansion on QUINTILIS? the answer has 3 letters before the QUINTILIS if correct.

I did find "euskarian" but anyone got an actual meaning just for my own know-how?

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One-Ice, have had in the back of my head "ergate" for the Ant clue. Have NO IDEA WHY, but it as there from the start and could not explain it.

cheers Salty, JRM27 and WTW too, all helping a lot!