There are 3 clues where I seem to have the answer but cannot reconcile the parsing :- 1) Give queen chops after having taken large bite (8) P?Q?A?C?. It has to be PIQUANCY (bite) but,... ...
Just the one :- Wisdom mostly shown in French opera (5) N?R?A. Looks like it shoud be NORMA (Italian - not French - opera by Bellini), but I can't parse the rest at all.
Struggling here :- 1) Pop padding novel summary with many, many pages (5,4) 2) 100 years -- not half clever age (5) 3) Dig European bubbly, cracking processed toxin (10) 4) Northern Counties... ...