ft 13652

[Wheelbrace]

Can someone please explain these clues .
4a i'm sorry about ruler being frightened (8) ?P?O?I?G
8d Conservatively minded drivers proceed thus in the UK (2,3,5) O? THE ?I?H?
Is this a compiler error as must be "on the right"?
27a People going sneakily round courts (6) ?D?O?S Can only think of Idiots but dont understand! Perhaps I am one.

Thanks somebody.

[congming88]

on the right

[barney15c]

4 a spoo-king

[Oldred]

4a spoo king (oops reversed + ruler)

[Lie-in King]

4a Spooking - 'Oops(!)' (i'm sorry' (back) + 'king' (ruler)
6d Agree with 'On the right' & can't see it either...
27a Spoons - 'snoops' (back = 'round')