Bees, you need only two of those words - and add a five-letter word for back, rear. It's definitely an English name (though the first is a shortened version...)
17D "Lay some flooring over half a continent" (7) I have :
? M ? T ? U ?. THe only word I can find to fit is `amateur` but I can`t see how this fits the clue. Help, please ! Mags.