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Glad to help, Rossim.

Yes, I agree but isn't this misleading in that the two parts of the one word which is the answer does not need the word sea. I have never heard of a sea bed referred to anything other than a hammock which of course can't be the answer as it is a 5 letter word but in this reply I have now become aware that I failed to say how many letters in the answer. My sincere apologies for this

So to be clear now the answer is in fact a five letter word

mop

Not sure what you mean by this but are you saying that both Doctor and Love are capitals when used as a form of address to persons such as a doctor and a form of familiar endearment ? In which case it now does make sense

Thanks

I believe the capitals are there as a misdirection, something often used in cryptic crosswords.

24a Chambers gives `a swinging bed of canvas (for officers, the sick, etc) (nautical)` for `cot` - I don`t think `sea bed` is beyond the pale, although the clue would have worked fine without `sea`

I took a look at this puzzle, and some of the clues are very definitely not to my taste. However, the two clues that you quote are relatively sound.

Don't allow Doctor Love

Crossword custom and practice allows words to be capitalized in clues even when they are not proper nouns and are not at the start of a sentence, although setters try to avoid this where possible; the reverse (eg writing 'nice' when the wordplay refers to the French city) is considered unacceptable. The thinking behind this is that in some circumstances a word like 'love' can appear with a capital L (eg when it is at the start of a sentence), but the proper noun Nice can never be seen with a lower-case first letter. So 'Doctor Love' here is ok; note though that Chambers gives the 'vet' meaning of 'doctor' as exclusively North American, and the surface reading seems to make no sense - Don't allow Doctor Love to do what?

Like sea bed where horses run

It's a little tenuous, but Chambers gives the adjective 'sea' as meaning 'marine', and 'marine' as 'used at sea'. 'Cot' ('a swinging bed of canvas for naval officers') is indeed a bed used at sea.

Coming late (as usual!) To this puzzle & ergo the thread, I've read the comments on sea bed with interest. As a reader of the Bolitho & Hornblower books the word for a child's bed is often used and I saw a picture the other day of Nelson's on HMS Victory a far more robust structure on a canvas job.
Having said that I'm having a lot more difficulty than usual especially with 5d, Don'allow Doctor Love. All I have there is
-E--. Is the E right?
An assist with 11ac, Stuck inside building tied up (10) would also be appreciated all I have is
--U-----N-. It might help me clear the log jam.Thanks in anticipation. Stay safe folks.

Hi DandyBandy,

5d - The "doctor" is an animal doctor + usual abbr. for "love" - definition is "don't allow".

Correction- my fat fingered self should have typed ...than a canvas job.

OMG! What a wally. Thank you.