1a) Guide led us on to find e.g. flints in chalk (7)
1d) Opera's cut following Japanese drama failure (2-5)
2d) Tactful police arrest radical staff in embassy (10,5)
5a) It's left in city suburbs after violent gale (6)
7d) Chaucer's work unable to conceal gossip about monarch (10,5)
Apology for no letters. All help much appreciated