1 secretary has dispensed with governor [5] p???a - i was trying combinations of governor to fit in gap seen as we've already got pa but couldn't come up with anything
2 standard is higher at the top of this mast [9] f?a?????? - flagstaff ?
3 daft misfortune in outskirts of selby [5] if flagstaff is right this would give me s???y -so silly ?
4 tree short way before all the others [5] again if flagstaff is right this would give me f???t
5 severity of south wind, it followed before end of day [9] a???e?i??