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Thanks, Whetstone. It's well seen that these are 'previous puzzles' - I feel some of the clues must have antique status! The word 'Cove' pops up in clues occasionally, but I think Rip, Poor horse, passed out of usage many years ago.

14d. Old lady steps into young lady's shoes
GALOSHES

4d. Factory worker confined by a head-covering
MANTILLA

7a. Fox to tear into stand
TRIPOD

Parses for the above please.

4. Factory is MILL confining ANT (worker) by A.
Mantilla is a kind of veil for the head and shoulders.

7. A fox is a TOD (Scotts) with RIP (tear).

14. O (old) SHE (lady) in GAL’S (young lady’s)

Cheers jono.
For 14 I was look for a word that meant 'old woman' and thought e.g. HAG was part of the answer.

Thanks

10a. He says he can make money, though dishonestly
UTTERER

21a. Dam'd uncanny
WEIRD

9d. One might snap in the judge's chamber
CAMERA

Parses for the above please.

9 the original meaning of camera is just room (or chamber) when a judge hears a case in camera, he does so without an audience. we get the term from camera obscura (dark room), in which an image of outside could be projected on a wall by way of a lens (or pinhole?)

a weir is a sort of dam, so dam'd gives weir'd
if it were the expletive, it would have been damned

Thanks chrisE.

Any takers for 10a UTTERER?