1) 9 letters
The factory gets underway - a plague to the motorist
2) two words, 3, 6 letters
Many go back to find a taxi in the direction where hunters
live
Thank you Chrisse.---both of your answers fit OK & the last letter S of Log CabinS is the 3rd letter of my only other missing answer of 10 letters with clue ---Disease spread by coppers encircling a strange islet.
Just starting to get my head around solving cryptics ! ! !