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4 across: Nice way of saying that cap restricts inheritance (7) I have
b???e?T. Answer seems to be bequest, but why?

5 down: Doubt about Wapping journalist's bad treatment (8) I have
??a?k?r?. Seems to be quackery, but why? I see the query, but not the ack.

24 down: Leader of House, one asking too much of Speaker (5) I have
P?I?R. Seems to be prior, but why? Clearly prior is leader of house.

Any help gratefully received. Thanks in advance.

4 across , to cap is to best and in Nice (Fr.) que means "that", so giving be-que -st

4a bequest= inheritance (def)
que - that (in French; Nice)
best- cap

quackery
query about (h)ack

5, Wapping is in London, a journalist is a "hack".
But may sound like "'ack" from a Londoner.

24,
Prior sounds like "prier".
Someone who is asking too many questions

Wappping is in the East End where a cockney might drop his aitches