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… and in the geometric sense, being a solid figure, of course

5d. Double definition, the Angles who settled in Britain and a small fish

For 5d,. ANGLE also means 'to fish' (go fishing), which might also be one of the definitions.

Anyone worked out 13a yet?

13a. Lug= EAR, most of TH(e), task=WORK

…sorry, I meant materials=work

… in fact, Chambers has WORK = “materials for accomplishing one’s task”

Thanks jono

1a. Getting one out of ten in Latin, originally
DECIMATION

4d. Something like diet islanders elect to follow
TYNWALD

17a. A playing partnership not all found alarming
AWESOME

Parses for the above please.

1a. is a literal definition, to decimate is to take one tenth of something

Decimation was a punishment where one out of 10 people in a group were killed, as practiced by the Romans.

17A: A + WE (partners in bridge) + SOME

I'm passing on TYNWALD though :p