Win Without Finishing

[harrywebb1]

11a unaffiliated to any party (10) a---i-i--- 12a inability to pen a novel (7,5) ---t---/b---- 15a rhetorical language (7) -----r- 16a obvious and lacking in subtlety (7) -l----- 5d the female sex (9) -o------- 13d of your own volition (10) ----o-a-l-

[Tilly2]

12a writers block

[Oldred]

11a apolitical

[Tilly2]

9 woman

[Psybbo]

12 writers block

[Oldred]

16a blatant ?

[Oldred]

5d womankind

[Oldred]

13d personally ?

[harrywebb1]

any answers for 15a or 13d please ?

[Captain2]

15a Oratory

[sir.prize]

13d optionally

[Captain2]

13d Optionally

[harrywebb1]

two more please - 14d and 2d??

[sir.prize]

Clues are always useful.

06 Across: CHIROPODY
08 Across: MOTOR
10 Across: ANTI
11 Across: APOLITICAL
12 Across: WRITERS BLOCK
15 Across: ORATORY
16 Across: BLATANT
18 Across: CORN ON THE COB
20 Across: DRY MARTINI
22 Across: AIRS
23 Across: COACH
24 Across: GANGPLANK

01 Down: SHINE
02 Down: ARBITRATOR
03 Down: ADJOURN
04 Down: YOGI
05 Down: WOMANKIND
07 Down: PLASTERBOARD
09 Down: DISBELIEVING
13 Down: OPTIONALLY
14 Down: PRECURSOR
17 Down: ETHICAL
19 Down: BRINE
21 Down: MACE

[harrywebb1]

thanks for all of them!! I must be thick