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Re COBWEB....My knowledge of Shakespeare's non-existent,.hence I struggled

6d (hat)* in colic. Similarly constructed clue appeared in the Guardian this week

19a County is BUCKS and family is KIN

11a LO O on WATER - Battle of Waterloo was said to have been won in the playing fields of Eton

17a Anagram is ALL E NEEDS

8d GATE in shortened BALLET

16d - depend is REST and comparative little is LESS

18d Jane Austen’s Emma became Mrs Knightley

Re CATHOLIC....where is the definition in the clue?

Re BUCKSKIN... where is the definition in the clue?

Catholic as in universal/all-embracing, therefore ‘ranging far and wide’

Re CATHOLIC.... understood, cheers Jono

Both buckskin and stuff can mean a type of cloth I guess

DOG DAYS are the hottest days in midsummer
LEND LEASE seems to be not even cryptic

There are left to do....

9a. Cooler sort of house where shades may close on boy
PRISON


17a. American wartime scheme arranged to supply all English needs?
LEND-LEASE

18d. Emma's married name pronounced at regular intervals
NIGHTLY

Re LEND-LEASE....it's an anagram of ALL+ E +NEEDS