Amended copy. NO CHANGE IN CLUES just italics.
Please withhold solutions till 5 pm (GMT) to allow others to have a go.
1. Not one contracted form of broadcasting and it has harmful content (5,1,3)
2. Disagreeable as it may be, breed out sensitivity to pain (7)
3. Being restricted by one who’s up to no good is not possible (2,2)
4. West African one-liners are a riot (6,7)
5. Office of an ancient British chief to write to press (loosely) perhaps? (13)
I'm taking a break for Easter Week. No 5@5 till a fortnight from today. Happy Easter all!
John.