crossword

[scrappy123]

1.manic set about.????????.
2.bit of wisdom to go round the ph switch is a pm setting,??????????.
3.appropreiate way to claim but unjustly,????????.
4.in taken a shortcut.????.
5.use former way to get rid of cash allegedly.??????.
many thanks

[auntflo]

5 expend

[boxtops]

1 semantic (anag of manic set) ?

[gen2]

1. SEMANTIC?

[factor-fiction]

.... Just when i thought we'd seen the last of the problem of Crossword clues being posted in the Weather section

[Kos]

You might as well talk to a brick wall with some of the posters on here Factor30