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1 and 5 so far. I don't know why the last one took me so long.

Thought of the other two while going about my chores. You're a devious one.

Only no.4 to get now.

Just 1 and 4 and that's it. Back later. J

1- BLOOD-AND-THUNDER
2- LIMITED
3- CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
4- HEART SURGEON
5- EAVESDROP

My suggested answers-
1) BLOOD AND THUNDER - Violent ..Anag (turn)
OLD HAND BURNED TO

2) LIMITED - Narrow...LID (cap)covering MITE (diminutive person)

3) CAPITAL PUNISHMENT - Retribution..LINCOLN is the capital of NEBRASKA

4) HEART SURGEON - Theatre performer ...HEAR (listen to) TS (disheartened tenors) URGE ON
(encourage working) HEAR T S URGE ON

5) EAVESDROP - Bug...EAVES (part of roof)DROP (sink)

Thanks again Jolan.

Thanks, jolan - improving - got 1,4 and 5 this week.

Many thanks for these Jolan.
Great fun as always. Here are my attempts-

1. Violent old hand burned to a turn (5-3-7)- Blood and thunder? (anagram of “old hand burned to” – meaning violent)
2. Narrow cap covering a diminutive person (7) Bigoted? (Cap(ital) – Big O covering Ted (diminutive) – meaning narrow)
3. Nebraskan retribution for Lincoln’s assassin? (7,10)- Capital punishment? (The capital of Nebraska is Lincoln)
4. Listen to disheartened tenors encourage working for a theatre performer (5,7) Heart surgeon? (Hear – (listen to) + ts (disheartened tenors) + urge (encourage) + on (working) – heart surgeon, a theatre performer)
5. Bug found in part of the roof and sink (9) Eavesdrop (eaves- part of roof and drop is to sink- eavesdrop is to bug)

Here goes:

1)blood and thunder
2)limited
3)capital punishment
4)spear carrier
5)eavesdrop

1 and 4 only to offer:

1. Blood and thunder (anag. of old hand burned to
4. listen to (hear) t + s (from disheartened tenor) + urg on