Saturday Times Cryptic Saturday August 24Th 2013

[catsrcool]

5dn Pairing of relations sometime in the future (6) m???n? third letter is n if 9ac Suggestion an alcoholic won't finish game (3-3-3) = tip and run but can't parse it.
27ac To? (4,3) m?n? c?t manx cat ?
12dn Wave the Sails for an environmentalists slogan, perhaps? (10) ?p?o?e?i?? = spoonerism ? why?
23dn Smoker inhaling smoke, finally, deeper than one part of the gut (5) I?e?m = ileum ? why?

[mattofthemint]

Sure tip and run is correct. Tip (suggestion) an drunk (not finishing, drun)

[shoota]

5d Manana

[shoota]

27a Yes - T(ail) O(ff)

[shoota]

12d Yes - Save the wails (whales)

[sedge47]

27a To(m) is cat with no tail.

[sedge47]

23d lum is a Scottish chimney

[catsrcool]

Thank you.
The m in manx is the last letter in 12dn making spoonerism even more likely.

[Neveracrossword]

8 D. Sultan needing time to unwind, hurried in the end (4-6)
l?s? - t???t?
15 A. Run, jumping over nine hedges (6) ?o?e?s

Thanks for any help.

[sandyRoe]

8 last minute

[sandyRoe]

15 Govern. jumpin G OVER N ine

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, I stupidly finished 11 A with a 't' rather than the correct 'm'.
8 D helps with 15 A - it's now ?o?e?n - so I hope I'll finish this off.

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks again, I did manage to get 'govern' myself.