Cryptic Clues

[AngleEyes]

Nope to both.
???? Grant (Grant is the surname)+ Girl inside (girl's shortened name) = reinforcements.

 

[Justin Passing]

Hope it's not
reviver

 

[AngleEyes]

Don't worry, it's not.

 

[AngleEyes]

Reinforcements - here comes the ??????? rhymes with will be the next pointer.

 

[Justin Passing]

Would that be a clue if it were in English?

 

[AngleEyes]

Would that be a clue if it were in English?

sorry, the norm is no punctuation in crossword clues, I was following a pattern.
With punctuation:
Reinforcements - here comes the ???????, rhymes with '???????' will be the next pointer.

The answer rhymes with Valerie.
Here comes the ??????? which rhymes with Valerie.

???? Grant - famous film star, with a shortened girl's name in the middle, giving a colloquial name for reinforcements.

 

[Justin Passing]

cavalry

 

[Justin Passing]

Assuming that's right;

Looked right round, for treasure (6)

 

[AngleEyes]

Correct

 

[blup]

Looted

Blup

 

[Justin Passing]

Sorry no.
It's not a letter-manipulating one.

 

[AngleEyes]

Hunted?

 

[Justin Passing]

No,

It's more of a
Slight knocking on the water regulator (3)
sort of thing

 

[blup]

Tapped?, but cannot see the link with treasure.

Blup

 

[Justin Passing]

Tapped?, but cannot see the link with treasure.

Blup

Comms failure!
Slight knocking on the water regulator (3)
was a loose illustration of the type of clue, where the answer, obviously "tap", is a word for both parts of the clue.
"Tap" is nothing to do with this one, but the answer ( which is one word) is again connected to both parts of the clue.

I suppose lawyer with a nice sheen (4)
or
Made a noise on the tree (6) (better probably)
are similar enough

Spoiler: illans1

silk

Spoiler: illans2

barked