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Typo....9d should say "Fast runner..." (Predictive text problem)

The bed of a hare is known as a form. And they are quick, cf tortoise

Thanks for the explanations for the last batch of clues.

Whetstone, thanks - and thanks for the smaller batches. I find it much easier to work through, easier to see what's still to be answered, easier to check answers I didn't get...

10a. Fired on by accident, but steady
BOYFRIEND
Yes it's an anagram, but does 'steady' mean boyfriend? I've heard of'going steady' but...

14a. Entertainment associated with beggar and horse
OPERA
don't understand the 'horse' connection

1d. Raffles secured finance for its development
SINGAPORE

3d. Windsor's merry wives first mentioned here? Right- with one of the gentlemen
TITLE-PAGE

Parses for the above please.

Chambers lists ‘steady’ as a noun..
‘A regular boyfriend or girlfriend’

3d perhaps refers to George Page, a character in TMWOW, and right=title

14. horse opera is another name for a Western

1d Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founded Singapore.

Once again, my lack of Shakespearean knowledge let me down. Cheers, all.