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1a. cryptic, the seat in this case be a political one, stood as in a candidate

11a reversal of Evita (show) and D (diamonds, as in the card suit). Defn case

Thanks Jono.

1d. Player from an earlier time (4)
B _ _ _

1d....cancel that, just got it ....BACK

7a. Sweetheart, an old and faithful partner
JOAN

9a. Again declare a fellow at the front
REAFFIRM

6d. Echo in prison cell
PETER

14d. For a change potentially, a novel present
BOOK TOKEN

Parses for the above please.

7 refers to Darby and Joan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darby_and_Joan

6 A "peter" or "echo" in bridge is playing a higher card then a lower card in a suit, to convey information to partner. I don't see what it has to do with prison cell, though it is slang for a safe.

Cheers chrisE....what makes 7a cryptic?

JO AN
Jo is Scots dialect for "sweetheart", as in this Burns poem:
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/john-anderson-my-jo/

Peter is Aussie slang for prison cell

14d is just a pun on the word 'novel' being a book