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I thought STOT for #1 - it's what antelopes do when spooked.

#4 is SCIPIO AFRICANUS - PICS backwards, 10 (IO), ana curia fans.

Just two to offer:

1. SLIP /

4. SCIPIO AFRICANUS (old campaigner) returns little pictures= pics (reversed) = scip + ten (io) + unholy (anagram indicator) curia fans

Thanks for the challenge as always, jolan.

Thanks, jolan. I don't think I would have got the others if I had had more time!

1. Slug?

re 1 / should be ?

Chambers has lap for lip, so it does work.

re #5 I had the Mantra part but was trying to put "broad" in it. ;)

I too get distracted while meditating.

Welcome clax. Ari 4/5. Chrise got STOT.

Where's ab these days? And Daniel, today? I'll have to post my own working although Ari parsed 'em pretty well.

Thank you all for taking part. Hope more of the old hands return as the evenings draw in.

Bless

J

1. second = s; drink = tot; STOT = walk unsteadily (Chambers def)

2. a key = f; criminal = lawless; FLAWLESS = sound.

3. main = sea; stinger = bee; SEABEE = A member of the US navy’s construction battalion (Chambers def)

4. returns little pictures = scip; ten = IO; unholy = anag indicator; unholy ‘curia fans’ = africanus; SCIPIO AFRICANUS = old campaigner.

5. Vedic hymn = mantra; US girl = gal; small = s (clothes size); socially acceptable = U. man(gal + s + U)tra = MANGALSUTRA = a bead necklace ..... (Chambers part def)

Nice as always jolan. I must admit I didn't look past slug: to drink for #1 as I use lug from side to side to mean walk unsteadily (usually after copious amounts of alcohol), following s for second. Perhaps it's a regional thing!