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2 left, I think I have the answers, can't quite prove either.

24dn, 'Bow before all - or none' (4,5,6), P?A? ??R?T ?I?D?E
Play first fiddle?

36ac, 'Present near the Irish coast once, close to Bunbeg (8), ???E?ING. Offering? Why Bunbeg?

'Present near the Irish coast once, close to Bunbeg

present = offering

near the irish coast = off erin (ireland was once known as erin)

close to bunbeg = g (close [end] /last letter

play first fiddle (to dominate)

so to play first fiddle in an orchestra, would be to 'bow' [pronounced beau]in front of all.

to dominate would be to 'bow' [pronounced bow] to no-one

Thank you both. I was a long way from beau and erin.

Hi Toffer,

I don't think my explanation came across to well (re, beau)

It was my way of saying 'BOW' has two different phonic sounds when pronounced as different meanings.

1 to bow = to play the violin
2 to bow = to curtsy

hope this makes more sense.

let me try again.

2.to bow (to yield; submit: to bow to the inevitable)

Thanks, Shooter: it was a good way to distinguish between 'bow' and 'bow', not to mention 'bow'. Sometimes I really do feel sorry for foreigners trying to learn English.