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Please help me with the following clues:
1. It may be French, broad or runner perhaps(4) ??A?
2. Chinese secret society indulging in vice, etc (4) T???
3. Canvas coverings which protect from rain or sun (7) ??N????
4. In a reckless or foolhardy manner (6) R?????
5. Talk rapidly and unintelligible (6) ?????E

Bean
Tong
Awnings

Rashly
Mumble - unlikely, I feel

But gabble, perhaps

Thanks AJT you were very fast and all fit properly.
With all the answers given by you - the one Talk rapidly and unintelligibly has now ?A?b?E which means either Gabble or Babble. Which one should I use?

That's a tough one. I've consulted the dictionary,gabble is to talk inarticulately, to chatter. Babble is to talk like a baby, to talk incoherently, to talk incessantly. I'd hate to choose the wrong one for you.

Thanks AJT for all the help. I will go with Gabble as suggested by you at the first instance

I have one more clue which has two words fitting.

Dashed away (6) ???TED. I am confused whether to use BOLTED or DARTED. Since the first 3 letters are not crossing with horizontal clues, it is difficult to see which one is correct. Pl. suggest which one I should use DARTED or BOLTED

Logically I would say bolted - that gives the sense of going away. To dart is more the movement of flight, rather than the action of going away. But that's just my opinion!

Thanks AJT. You are so nice in coming to our rescue. I will go with BOLTED. Thanks.