Times jumbo cryptic 875

[safflower]

Totally stuck on top left corner.
1a Take out one pound invested in recent cover (9)? - - - - - - a - e.
28a Rod coped with giving nothing asway (5-5)? p - - - -/- a - e -.

[mike11111]

LIQUIDATE
POKER-FACED

[factor-fiction]

poker faced

[bibblebub]

1a liquidate
28a poker-faced

[chelle7272]

28a Poker faced

[Lie-in King]

1a Liquidate - 'i (1) quid' (in) 'late' (recent)
28a Poker-faced

Hi safflower! Long time, etc.. Hope you're keeping well? :-))

[safflower]

Hello everyone. thank you for that. Obvious of course!!!
Greetings mike 11111, chelle7272 and factor 30. Newcomers??

bibbblebub - your picture is improving, but will it do the trick??

Hello Lik. Yes I'm still here. All is well with life and the universe, particularly the weather. (Well politics and world events are pretty dreadful - as ever- but we live in exciting times and I'm waiting to see how things pan out.) How are you?

[factor-fiction]

Hi safflower. I'm not sure I'm a newcomer - almost 10,000 answers over 3-4 years probably makes me a regular now I hope.