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Ixion: does "jelly" indicate an anag? New exp to me!

Offhand about da's urine flow...[old-timer's disease](8,4) Freudian slip[eggcorn]

[The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey], do men play cricket here?(10) mondegreen[colemanballs]

After much angst surrounding rugby player married [a shining wit](11) malapropism

[Naughtie's Jeremy C*** perhaps], admitting his bum's wobbly(7) bushism[Freudian slip]

Mad crone astride a childs horse cried [“a terrible cat's after me”](7) eggcorn[malapropism]

[Is our children learning] about appreciation for bullfighters cojones?(12) colemanballs[bushism]

[I feel Sue Lawley] mates using this jelly(9) [mondegreen]



LINK: Brave new whirled, blue as “plebgate” perhaps(6,5) verbal abuse

So far then- old-timer's disease- Eggcorn

2.The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Wille- Colemanballs

3. married a shining wit-

4.Naughtie's Jeremy C*** perhaps- Freudian Slip

5. terrible cat's after me Malapropism

6.Is our children learning - Bushism

7.I feel Sue Lawley Mondegreen

(Getting desperate by the minute): so lowly? Cranberry? (need a tiny hint I think)

Sorry, I've just been abroad for too long: obviously missed out on just about EVERYTHING...

I definitely need a hint for no 7 - please.

Marrowsky?

7. describes "shining wit" - word for "mates" (N Eng Dialect, Chambers) and a jelly(possibly involved in mating)required.

Well done AB...

7.[I feel Sue Lawley] mates using this jelly(9)

mates=marrows
(using this) jelly=KY

Marrowsky being a synonym of Spoonerism.

Hi GK
It's a song by The Police (Sting et al) with the repetaed refrain "so lonely" which could be misheard as "Sue Lawley" (espeically with Sting's nasal drawl)