Saturday Times Jumbo Cryptic 983 Saturday June 9th 2012

[sandranufc]

stuck on last five 1d Twisted small wings W?U?D? - looks like wounds but why? 9a married woman with son is uneducated, having no books (7) S???O??17a part of weapon, on ein the van (9) S?E???E?? 10d Clear adhesive has a dirty look, i would say (5) ??A?? 12d crop found in area by aqueduct (7) ??R???E I'm sure they're obvious but my brain's gone dead

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

say it like round - wounds = twisted

[Oldred]

9a s ignora(nt)

[dannyk13]

Wings as in shot = wounds

[sandranufc]

thanks mojo-jo-jo

[Neveracrossword]

1 D. Wounds (twisted as in wound/rhyming with 'sound)
7 Signora ( a married woman, si('is' backwards + ignora(NT/New Testament)
10 Glair (glue, sounds like 'glare')

[Oldred]

17a speadhead
10d glair
12d abridge

[Neveracrossword]

12 Abridge(crop/shorten)

[bibblebub]

1d) twisted = WOUND, small = S - wings as in a glancing shot

9a) SIGNORA - son = S, uneducated having no books = IGNORA(nt)

10d) GLAIR - sounds like glare

12d) ABRIDGE - area = A, aqueduct = BRIDGE

[sandranufc]

thanks oldred and dannyk13

[dannyk13]

9a. Signora

[sandranufc]

and thanks too to neveracrossword and bibblebub