I'm glad I wasn't around for the first one! Can't see any theme, so far, but specifically: 5a Weak shell of elegant mollusc (6) Also: 1a Casseroles, say, old and new, Vera smashed (8) anything to do...
I think I've made a bit of a horlicks of the top left! 1a Tiptoes, as feet made of these (6) I've got "insteps" but what is: 2d Soup from prisoner on battlefield (8) which is presumably, "consomme"?...
9a 2000s Prime Minister: money's no longer with us 5,5 ? I think I may have x2 wrong: 3d Charlie and Les getting credit for wicked thing 11 I've got "candlestick"? 14d Perhaps aviators magnificent...
Really stuck on this one today. For a start: 1d Ignorant, like a Boy Scout describing Norway (10) 13d Deep thought and time invested in peace-making (10) 23a Later, I stupidly leave a vehicle in...
1a Mariners with beers for each: they try to move stuff (8) and 8d Crime novelist who may provide illumination (8) - I've got "Chandler" the only problem being that chandlers provide ship's equipment,...
7d Kate's slightly corrupt pursuing amphetamine: it makes you go faster 5,5.
(something skate?)
8d where to find an old song with little effort? 2,1,7...