Cannot see the last one, 6d, living in SW France the only word I can think of is french for 'seed' pepin but this doesn't fit with the rest of the clue
Thanks for that,spelling 8a wrongly didn't help. I should have written the french ending correctly. Heavy snow arrived here last Mercredi, but raining now so the roads will be interesting tomorrow morning !
No secret greedy kite, unless you are a Tax Inspector! (joke) I'm around 20km south of Limoges on the edge of the Dordogne. I'm guessing that you are somewhat futher south ?