1.Violent down-to-earth operation [5&7 LETTERS]
2.N ot an identification tag for a young swan
[6 &4 letters]
3.Octavia, Goneril and another such chara cter inside [4 letters]
4.Got about two [6 letters]
no letters, really stuck this wek, help appreciated.
thanks sgeandhu, with my spell checker eventually I came up with repair too.
my computer is down and I have to use the library until tomorrow, hence the delay to thank u.
Dee.