YP Xword

[foxyfarmer]

2 A dose's prescribed, it's port! (6) _D_S_A
4 Mon? (8) _C_T_ _ _N
12 Produced bloomer using lower mouthpiece (5) O_L_P (I would have thought TULIP but the O is definitely right)
20 He leaves here with objection to disprove (5) R_B_T
14 Save ship-wrecked vessel (4) V_ _ _ (is it VASE?)
23 Express grief when Benjamin captures old bird (6) _ _ _ _A_
24 During vigil it was all right to call up (5) E_ _K_
28 Become acquainted with type of spirit that's going round the south (11) F_ _ _L_A_ _ _ _
Many thanks for your help!

[Boothroyd]

2. Odessa.

[crofter]

2 Odessa (anag of "A dose's")

[teacher1]

oxlip?
odessa
rebut
vase
evoke

[teacher1]

familiarise

[teacher1]

bemoan

[teacher1]

Are the letters correct in 4?

[crofter]

12 is OXLIP = OX (animal that lows -moos) + LIP

[crofter]

4 is SCOTSMAN (that is MON)

[crofter]

foxyfarmer You should read Q14 as follows:
14 SAVE (anagram) = vessel ... and your VASE is sound!

[foxyfarmer]

I did read it as that crofter but the ship-wrecked bit threw me! Thanks for all your help! I would never have got that scotsman one!