6a. Weapon gets record points ?p??
17a Cover taken when something might go up ??r???s?r?n?e
5d Woman left literary heroine in a quandary d?l?m?a (DILEMIA)
8d Come out east and join ??e?g?
15d Crawler turned up with fellows to join queen p??? a?d?r (4,5)
18d At home performing a rite of apathy ??e?t?a