Mini 194

Solutions below:

1A: ||Second = S, promotion = AD -> SAD||

4A: ||Parent = MOTHER, losing head -> OTHER||

6A: ||6D = TAR; RILE intersperced through = T[R]A[ILE]R -> TRAILER||

8A: ||sounds like "Prince = HEIR" + "Herb = THYME" = AIRTIME||

9A: ||(SULU + ROM)* = ROMULUS||

10A:||Student = BA, leaving Fruit = BANANAS --> NANAS||

11A: ||Chinese empire = HAN, backwards = NAH||

1D: ||Prime Minister = STARMER, losing Hesitation = ER, gaining A Numbeer = AN --> STARMAN||

2D: || A = A, Hawaiian = HI, Fish = TUNA, &lit = AHITUNA||

3D: || Kind of shop = DELI, In California = LA, Hotel = H --> DELILAH||

4D: || leads [O]n [R]egiment [I]ntelligence [O]ut [N]orth = ORION||

5D: ||Early civilization = SUMER, ascending = REMUS||

6D: ||Part of s[TAR]man = TAR||

7D: ||Bible study = RE, 1st of September = S --> RES||

Thanks, Scrapheap! Took a little time to break into it but it came together nicely. Well clued!

7x7 Diamond Checked Cryptic

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