Thanks for these gems, Jolan. Very rushed today, but have had a stab.
1. It’s so Scottish to facilitate a free reply- SAE? (“So” in Scots and abbreviation for stamped addressed envelope- which facilitates a free reply) (3)
2. Line around rook’s beak? (5)- TRIER? (Line –Tier around R for rook in chess notation gives trier- a judge or “beak”)
3. Place on board to guide our unoccupied craft (12)- DIRECTORSHIP? (Direct – guide with our unoccupied - or + craft – ship gives directorship – place on board)
4. Statistical graph of the man, measures thermal insulation and memory (9) HISTOGRAM? (Of the man – his, with a measure of thermal insulation – tog and computer memory – RAM gives histogram- a graph)
5. The answer is NO! It can assess an action (1,10)- A PALINDROME? ( It contains one….)
Thanks again.
AB