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14a. A crazy-sounding chap, a South African(7)
a?a???n

8d. Colonel needs cover when shooting(5)
b???p Is it blimp, if so why?

21d. Swift maybe describes insect in style of Italian poet(7)
d?n?e?t

8d. BLIMP seems to be right. Colonel Blimp, of course. A 'blimp' is also a term for a soundproof housing for a camera.

21d. I think this must be DANTEAN, although I hope someone could help with the wordplay beyond 'ant'=insect?

14ac AZANIAN = another name for South African people.

Thanks Jimc,
After getting your reply I found out that Jonathan Swift was the Dean of St. Patrick's in dublin.

I discovered that Jonathan Swift was made Dean of St.Patcrick's, Dublin. So it's DEAN + ANT to make DANTEAN.

thanks again.
I don't think I have ever heard Azanian before.
p.s. I had "chantuer" instead of "chaunter" which was why I had a "t" at the end of Dantean.