thanks for all the help i guess we are not as clever as we think we are even though my mother does trhe crossword in the daily express we are still struggling with a number of the clues two of which i have tried to research but have come up with nothing here they are.
according to a song in "South Pacific",this item denotes normality (9,3) : i have looked at all the songs in the film and nothing jumps out at me.
the next one is
it sounds like a crimean battle without the french (7)