The Times

[LottieAnne]

Can anyone help me with a Times xword from 1998, please?
1d Dressed in frills. Elizabeth Bennet initially had cold shoulders (7)
18d Gain advantage, having been out to attack (7)
9d Failure to relax, as a result of driving compulsion? (7,7)
6d Urgent bid to reconstruct city hence protest letters, reputedly (9,5) 1st word begins with t 2nd word - e - l -
Thank you

[shaneystar2]

6d Tunbridge Wells

[mazie]

9d Nervous tension ?

[dundurn]

1d r EB uffed

[sarumite]

18d Benefit .... been(anag) + fit

[LottieAnne]

Thanks to you all. I now have h as the 1st letter of the 2nd word of 9d and possibly l (for love) as the third letter so that rules out nervous tension. The h comes from backhand - the answer to " Shot in two parts of body" which I think must be right. Getting the two following would help enormously.
10ac Red nose , perhaps, that Continental got in fight (7) starts with b
12ac Approval given by merry socialsit in speech (4,5) starts with f
Any ideas, please?

[sarumite]

9d Busmans Holiday

[sarumite]

10a Bouquet .... que (that continental) in bout (fight).

[LottieAnne]

Brilliant! Thank you. Only one to go now and when you read the clue you will understand why I cannot do it!
2d Brains are needed in this case (5) - - u - l

[Catron]

Skull

[sarumite]

What was the answer to 12a LottieAnne? (S)

[LottieAnne]

12ac was full marks, I think. All the letters fit with other clues anyway. Thanks for skull. Mine is obviously empty!