Daily Mail Today.

[zinnie]

Hello, more help for wife needed today!
12a. Calvanistic drunk captain left to get over bender(11) ??????O???.
19a A blue comic entertains eccentric? There are no words for it. ????T?????E.
5d They make easy cutters,cutting thorny ends. (9). S????????.
7d Fry,say,or boil varied specimens. (5,10) H???,???R??????.
With there I think she can finish.!
Apparently today is her worst performance on record ...she usually finishes in 15/20 mins.
Thanks

[Sandy-Wroe]

5d Secateurs?

[1across]

5d Secateurs

[chelle7272]

5d Secateurs?

[supergrany01]

Think 5a is salami-anagram of malaise less the e
Have 12a as puritanical but stuck on all the rest!

[mazie]

12a Puritanical anag of Captian + L + Uri for bender

[mazie]

7d I have Manic Depressive (Stephen Fry)

[whitehill]

19a is unutterable

[whitehill]

Anagram of a blue with nutter

[zinnie]

Thanks everyone ....she thinks she can finish ..but I may be back !!!