10 across - Where you'll find rat in grate (5) M?D?? (suspecting midge, but unsure parsing) 11 across - Be coming in at six extremely held back (5) ??I?T 1 down - Song and book penned by this writer...
The usual dreaded photoclues......
A coloured singer, looks like 70's or 80's soul singer. (5,5) B?R?Y, ?O?D?
Two guys in black and white picture (5) S?I?S Could be the Skids?...
Responsibility for developing flat around university (5) ?A?U?T
Am thinking fault, but don't really see how it parses, other than flat an "u" spelling fault....
As usual, the picture clue. Coloured dude with a guitar in his hand, and I'd guess at a fifties bluesman perhaps, given the photogaph. (4,5)
S?I? ??M?S...
Should the policewoman just have given the Father a warning, and let the girls keep the flowers, or should the Father have bought flowers from a florist, in the first place?...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-38369882
....to Hike taxes in Scotland from April? I see the Higher rate threshold is lower already....