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"No bid" from South after idiot raised (4)

SAP, reversed + S. A down clue.

Spa's out of order on cruise (4)

sense "elapse"

Sap's perverted come-on (4)

As in "make a pass at"

Succeed in vipassana (4)

"insight meditation" or the like

Tweak ri 17;

Secretary to Nazis gets sanction (4)

in sense "enact, legislate"

Praises every other move (4)

For the bonus challenge…

Arid old man on manoeuvres acquires some zip but lacks the ability to stimulate (8,5)

Btw, I think this was first coined by Malcolm Tucker in the “The Thick of It”

Correct Jono - not by a certain Scottish lady.
It was the Tucker name that got me thinking about applying it to Tucker Carlson- that would be appropriate!

Accept a degree of compassion (4)

Impassable? No, I can get through (4)

I'M (pass) ABLE