Thanks Joan.
Three more, and I'll pretty much be finished:
Prepare one's sole course? Not exclusively (4,5,4,2,3) h?v?/o????/?i?h/?o/???
Horse chestnut shoots do it when still alive!(4,2,1,6,3) ?o?e/?o/?/s?i???/e??
Measure once used to cut particular screw(9)
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Thanks in advance!