Need a few letters & a couple of confirmations (with expl.):
4. What'll slow progress a sea? Cause to lay up, dropping first of anchors NO?ER
9. Particular dread (awful)where cycling's involved RESPECT ??
23. Uneasy in Muscatel?I'm at these dealers in hock possibly U?CLES
25. Overseas volumes, suggesting bill of exchange? BANDE (B and E ??)
28. A small drink in the Barley Mow? ?ASS
Many thanks for any assistance!