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0 Up east, torpedoed in sound ERECT
where gravel has accumulated, succeeded in tilting over (5) ESKAR
Could 0 Henry, the fusty old drunk be HYE?

Carpox1,

Yes, I've got HYE there.

It's all falling into place now. Let me know if you have any specific queries.

Unclued,

To get you on your way, note that there is only 1 place that each half of '12 Married profligate . . can go.

I've got Hye - parsed as H (Henry) ye (the fusty) etc.
Down part is Hin for those who don't have it yet.

You can enter answers for 10, 11, 12 straightaway. Then a reasonable guess that the last of the clue 6 answers go in same rank/file as the clue 11 answers. By which time you've got words of a song ending ...o ?y tw?, which looks very much like ...two by two. So although a little harder than recent puzzles, not too difficult to spot the theme.

(10 : Shahdom, Appoint
Last 6 : Seemlier, Sashayed)

Saddleworthian, you'll have to excuse me - I overlooked one of your queries still outstanding. Area evenly : the across answer is Apollo. The down answer is Beegah.

Thanks meursault and others. I started off thinking I'd never have a chance with this one. However the help given here has meant I have solved two thirds of the clues. It is certainly easier once some answers have been positioned. However I'm a bit stuck on the rugby clue though. Any ideas?

4. One could draw match...

EIDOGRAPH? Can only partially parse the word plasy in this one. Any thoughts?

Ignore last - got it!

H = hard
RAP = level (PAR backwards)
EID = kick off (DIE backwards)
OG = kick off (GO backwards)

Shackleton - you really have challenged us this week!!!

Unclued - that's Babirussa.
I'll probably get slain for this, but the puzzle really isn't that hard if you take it in stages. Don't worry for the moment about symbols, etc. I guessed that most ranks/files had 2 answers (rank/file 1,3,6,9 didn't conform), but that estimate together with positioning of the 1st letter of the down clue on the phrase, and distance from diagonal allowed quite a few guesses at positioning, which all turned out correct. Start with unique letters from the phrase, eg M,L,S. Positioning of the Ws becomes apparent quite easily too.