Club Monthly 20183

[saladdodger]

Completely stuck in top right corner so very few letters...

5a Brilliant creature in past beset by routine trouble (4-4) R??? - ???? have tried anagrams of routine + ? but got nowhere...

10a I see Greek sanctuaries rejected a Midwesterner (6)

[dannyk13]

10a.Kansan?

[saladdodger]

Thanks dannyk13 ... if your kansan is correct ... i have another down answer which would lead to 5a now being R??? - ???L

[dannyk13]

What are intersecting down clues?

[Lie-in King]

Ruby-tail - 'by' (past, in; beset by) 'rut + ail' (routine + trouble)

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ruby-tail

[scorpiojo]

Ruby tail? Rut (routine) + ail (trouble) around by

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/ruby-tail

[saladdodger]

Thanks Lie-in King.

Kansan can't be correct now to fit with crossers... letters for 10a are now
?H???N

[saladdodger]

... and thank you scorpiojo

[scorpiojo]

:)

[saladdodger]

now looking like OHIOAN

[saladdodger]

Top right all sorted now
Just 2 more to finish/confirm..
21a Husband temporarily disliking sisiter and grand musical humorist (8)
H?F???N? possibly Hoffman ... but where does the sister come into it?
17a Having a knees-up dance to reggae or something similar, with new man (8) SK???I?G
5th letter of 21a = 4th letter of 17d

[Lie-in King]

Sorry, had to leave screen -

Yes, Ohioan - 'oh' (I see[!]) + 'naoi' (pl. 'naos', back)

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/naos

[dannyk13]

21a.Hoffnun -h(husband) +off(disliking) + nun(sister)

[saladdodger]

Thanks again to danny + Lie-in
21a is Hoffnung making 17d SK?N?ING

[Lie-in King]

Skanking - 'ska' + 'n(ew)' + 'king' (man, chess)

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/***

[Lie-in King]

Oops, the censor didn't like the link - take the space out of the last word -

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/ska nk

[saladdodger]

Thanks Lie-in .. just found it in Chambers

phew! Finished now.
Thanks again to everyone who helped!