TLS 1422: 11ac "Northern staff securing a working farm animal" (8) I biffed Jacobean - a cob, the working farm animal, but, for me, the rest was Parse Over... Help, please....
Last one in and it defeats me.
15 across: Maiden aboard loves seafaring work (4).
I have ?M?O, but the words I've hazarded a guess at: AMMO and AMBO I cannot parse....
Sorry, it was thoughtless of me not to give the clue: TLS 1415 7 down: Action by lady inspiring one prompting a person to make fair play judgements? (4,6)