Sunday Express Skeleton 9Th April

[Frustrate]

Difficult clues again this week, can you please help on:-
8a" piece about a country singer" 6 letters ???t??
18d "island accommodation's I initial cost" 5 letters ????l
19d "suggestion to cut and run" 5 letters ????e
26a" Country Lisa painted before Columbia" 6 letters ?????o
27a "staff selection just business " 6 letters ??g???
Hope you can help folks. Frustrate

[Toorak]

26 Monaco

[Toorak]

18d atoll

[Toorak]

19 trace

[klazomaniac]

8 (Dolly) Part on

[klazomaniac]

A search for 27a suggests Affair (Business)
(st)A(f)F + Fair (just)

[klazomaniac]

AF (Air Force) might be the staff ?

[Frustrate]

Many thanks for all your help everyone. Sorry, but there are a couple I'm stuck on. Can you help my old brain please?
21d "Search for gold dropped in anger" 5 letters r?f?e
22d "Stoop design with small omission" 5 letters d?i?n
Hope, with your help, I can finish it! Frustrate

[Neveracrossword]

Rifle?
Deign

[1ozzy]

Rifle
Deign

[1ozzy]

F in rile.

But why "f"?

[Neveracrossword]

Iozzy, that's why I put a ? at my answer, I couldn't see where the F came from, nor what the Gold meant.

[davebro]

FOR - gold (OR) dropped = F

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, davebro.

[Frustrate]

Many thanks for that quick response. I can finish it now. What would I do without your help every week!? Thankyou. Frustrate

[1ozzy]

Thanks Dave