3, this whimsical story may have only made the cutting room floor (4,3,4,6)
5, what your mum may do on your birth day (4,3,7)
7, border river goes forth to Edrington and beyond (10)
9, George Orwell may have had a say in this (3,7)
14, it may be difficult to merely get on well with someone (4,7)