Mail On Sunday Quick

[kabers]

1A Playful (8) I have only ?p????v?
3D Understand (7) I have only ??a?i?e
7D T(7) I have e?s?e?s

Any help will be much appreciated. Thank you.

[Sam1960]

sportive

[Sam1960]

realize

[Tilly2]

3d realize

[Tilly2]

umph!

[Sam1960]

is that the full clue for 7d ?

[Captain2]

always thought we were 'realise'?

[elliemay1]

I'd spell it 'realise' too!

[fiction-factory]

I always spell it realise but am sure we were told at primary school to spell it with a z in the 1960s

[elliemay1]

7D Only word I can get to fit is, 'Easters'

[fiction-factory]

Is T the full clue for 7d please?

[emeritus]

Just had a quick look I think it's

Ties

Fastens with hoof giving you the F ?o

[kabers]

Many thanks, particularly to Emeritus. I had wrongly made Nose my answer to 5a instead of Hoof.