* Who wins silver north-east of it? (9)
I believe the answer is:
champagne
'it?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'who wins silver north-east' is the wordplay.
'who wins' becomes 'champ' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'silver' becomes 'Ag' (Ag is the chemical symbol for silver).
'north east' becomes 'ne'.
'champ'+'ag'+'ne'='CHAMPAGNE'
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for champagne that I've seen before include "French 'sparkler'" , "Fizzy drink" , "French sparkling wine" , "White sparkling wine" , "The drink called bubbly" .)