4)Sounds as if the arm sergeant got his command the wrong way round (11)
5)Could be that her head is in the clouds but she still manages to do her job (3,7)
11)he can either hoist the sail or stay in harbour. Whatever , he is right there (6)
14)she spent much of her time smoothing things over (7,4)
15)Within that cherry tree is one who possesses a rare craft nowadays(8)