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[bamberger]

It may just be me but this seems to be the hardest Saturday for as long as I can remember, 2 hours on and off have only yielded 3 answers!
Please get me kick started with 1a "Lot about leader in suit and new tie" and 4a"Project with a smaller amount of unfinished buildings" . And sadly I haven;t got a single letter to help you with.

[MarkRae]

Fairly simple, I thought!

1a F A ST EN
4a CAST + LES(S)

[bookbinder]

How many letters should the answers have?

[bibblebub]

1a FASTEN [tie] - lot = fate, leader in suit = s, new = n >>>fa-s-te n

4a CASTLES [buildings] - project = cast, smaller amount of unfinished = les(s)

[bamberger]

Thanks. I was completely off beam looking for leader in suit to be H(earts) D(iamonds) C(lubs) or S(pades) and for project I was looking for something that jutted out or was a task. Oh dear.