4a. Observer to give an opinion with some hesitation (6) -----r
10a. Feels the effect of southern winters in France(7)
S-i-e-s
11. Hot drink for the eastern potentate (5) ----s
5d. Concentrated on how the use of a verb may vary (7)
6d. Shearing absent mindedly! 4-9
--o-/--t-e-ing