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[what a twit]

Stuck in top left corner. 1 across Confused mess left in ship (7) ****T*R. Is "port" in there somehow?
9 across Porous quality of original sealskin protecting Oriental (9) ****I*E*S

17 across Man sticks quarter inside (5). J*M*S - is it James? If so can anyone explain please?

Thanks in anticipation.....

[baitress]

1a - c l utter.
9a - leakiness.
17a - jam e s.
quarter(East) inside jams(sticks)

[tyrepill]

1a C(l)utter

[Lie-in King]

1a C-L-utter
9a Leakiness - anag 'sealskin' + e(astern)
17a James - 'e(ast)' (compass quarter) (in) 'jams' (sticks)

[chokkie]

9a leakiness. anagram of E (oriental) and "sealskin"
17a is James = Jams + "e" (for east - quarter).

[what a twit]

Thanks folks - obvious when you see it isn't it? Couldn't get the idea of "port" out of my mind for 1 across!!