Daily Telegraph Toughie Wednesday July 31St 2013

[catsrcool]

4dn Oil company submitted excuse for court absence (6) e?s???
5dn Run through plant, always getting a fast time (5-3) e???? ???
8dn How to start asking for capital (6) ?????? Athens?
10ac Perfume shop bins this, oddly before time (7) ??u?u?? bouquet? if so why?

[mac44]

4d. essoin

[Canary42]

10ac Shop = boutique
bin this oddly removes "ti"
Time adds "t"
Perfume = bouquet

[mac44]

10a. this oddly is i t, remove from boutique, add t (time) at the end, bouquet.

[catsrcool]

Thank you, That makes 5dn e?b?? ?a? which must be ember day no idea why.
12ac Storage card or CD? I'm strangely split (5,5) ?I?r? d?i?? must be micro drive??
23dn Reason dad's had a meal (4) ?I?h dish?

[Canary42]

Ember Day is a time of fasting

[bibblebub]

12a) anagram of 'or cd im' = MICRO D, split = RIVE

[bibblebub]

5d) run through bed = put R inside EMBED, always = AY

embeRd ay

[catsrcool]

Thanks that just leaves 23dn to finish

[bibblebub]

reason dad's had = D IS H - how the letters of the words are changed

[catsrcool]

Thanks bibblebub