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1 Across, Avant-garde Somalian painting-not 19 (4,4)
[19= Paintings etc,not marred in reproduction (6,3)

5 Across, Supporter with Russian car in South American country (6)

11 Across, Not a saloon,but Capri bulb that's blown (6,3)

12 Across, Combats Republican workers perhaps following vehicle (5,5)

Compiler - EIMI

Many Thanks

11, Public bar.

19, modern art.

5A BRA ZIL

1, Mona Lisa.

12a) cargo pants?

12a) parsed as follows:

combats = cargo pants

(vehicle) - car + (republican .member of the Grand Old Party ) GOP + (workers) ants.

I think that's it.

7d Initially Eddie Izzard turns up with ladies underwear item that's stripy (5)

The answer seems to be ZEBRA but why when the wordplay seems to make IEBRA?

https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day

izzard = Z

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/izzard

apologies for the gaffer link. I was posting a link elsewhere earlier.