times 23,946

[jimmaboy]

9AC all currants going initially into cake played small but significant role (9) ??????F??
6DN vessel where bun cooked in butter (7)
G?????T 7DN claws out with such a malicious nature (9) c?????e?s many thanks

[novalis]

6d looks like gunboat ( anagram of bun in goat )

[novalis]

7d could be cruelness but I can't justify it.

[novalis]

Forget cruelness IT's cattiness

[wideboy]

9AC is macguffin - it's not in my dictionary but I worked it out eventually and found it here:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin

[danoran]

I need 9AC as well.

Here are some thoughts though. Could 1d be "sum" ? Could 5d be "ionic" ? If the latter is correct then 12ac could be "choc ice".

[wideboy]

danoran, all correct.