Saga July

[tigerdave]

24a bend over fish and state how old it is -that shows the cost of past deliveries (7,7)
17a ...went on and on cosuming port (department head absent) in
15a Gutted lad left,after game,for a drink and....(4,4)
Many thanks in advance

[shaneystar2]

24a Bowling average

[Lie-in King]

24a Bowling average - 'bow' (bend) + 'ling' (fish) + 'aver' (state) + 'age' (how old)

[Lie-in King]

Rats! :-)

[Otleybard]

24a bow-ling aver-age
17a priorate (anag prate and rio) (not sure)
15a ru-by port

[Otleybard]

One rat!

Can anybody help with 17d "Verse, not English, identifying flowers (4)" P- - - and/or 21a "Sage in vale getting cut (5)" - - L - N ?

[writesbad]

17d po(e)sy

[JMR27]

21a So lon(g)

[writesbad]

21a Solon (greek philospher) So Lon(g) Vale (latin for goodbye)

[Otleybard]

Ah, if only I'd had a classical education...

Many thanks, writesbad and JMR27.