Inquisitor 1592

[saladdodger]

No crossers as most entries are entered thematically...
7. Fiction right to be dropped from Modern language subject (6)

8. Oliver abandoning wood deviant set alight (4)

12 Content to not dash around Long Island and exhaust oneself prematurely (8) possibly starts OVER.........

[Hagen]

7. There's a clash in this one; the answer has 8 letters, definition "subject"

8. "Alight" is the definition

12. You're on the right lines, definition is the last three words.

[saladdodger]

Thanks Hagen ... will work on those...