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After some feedback on my last question I'll attempt a few more cryptic clues:

  1. Roll in attempt to become jury (8)

  2. A string of three, maybe four of all the letters. (4)

  3. Proceed! Upset mafia boss surrounds retreating, uncooked food. (6)

  4. Find praise in adult at ion conference with no tea (9)

  5. Crazy, unneeded veal, won't rise, missing Ed. (10)

I don't think it's pertinent to any clues here, but just in case, I'm a British English speaker; all clues are written in BrEng.

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  • $\begingroup$ These are great... can't get enough of them. $\endgroup$
    – George Reith
    Jun 1, 2015 at 23:02
  • $\begingroup$ It seems better to post these individually. You then get to accept an answer to each one. $\endgroup$
    – Ross Millikan
    Jun 2, 2015 at 2:35
  • $\begingroup$ You're coming a long way! These are much better. #1 and #5 are excellent. Hope to see more! $\endgroup$
    – dennisdeems
    Jun 2, 2015 at 14:59

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1:

tribunal: bun (roll) inserted into trial (attempt)

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cord: c (letter 3) or d (letter 4) of the alphabet

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adulation: no tea (t) in adult. (adult-at-ion). praise

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  • $\begingroup$ Good start. Did you know you can create "spoiler blocks" by prepending a line with ">!". This will cause other users to have to mouse over to see the text. $\endgroup$
    – James Webster
    Jun 1, 2015 at 22:49
  • $\begingroup$ @JamesWebster I do now :) $\endgroup$
    – George Reith
    Jun 1, 2015 at 22:51
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Got a couple:

Proceed! Upset mafia boss surrounds retreating, uncooked food. (6)

ONWARD - Proceed, or onward! As one might say; anagram of (upset) DON (mafia boss) around (surrounds) RAW (uncooked food) backwards (retreating)

Crazy, unneeded veal, won't rise, missing Ed. (10)

UNLEAVENED - As in bread that "won't rise"; anagram of (crazy) UNNEED VEAL (unneeded veal missing the letters of Ed)

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