Crack the Cryptic #134

Hi Barb

I have the following:
19d = springs
37a = elsa
55d = anthems

Not my speciality Barb but I give them a go. Have you seen the Ultimate Reader's Digest Puzzel Book yet?

Thanks for your help and it all appears to fit ok! I haven't tried or seen the Ultimate Reader's Digest Puzzle Book yet but I'll check it out. Is it a good one?

The puzzles are pretty difficult.

Post, I'd beady lighted to cast my eye over, one.

Cryptic Question for you laughoutlook:
"Spirited hothead found in Western Australia". (5 letters)

What a capital clue!

Well done PaddyH. Want another one or two? LOL

An instant dessert for boxer's assistant (5,6 letters)

I was grateful for a very soft rice and date pudding (11 letters)

Not Perth, probably handy meaning spirited from Hydan in WA and the head letter of hot, but it's a big ask cryptically.

Thanks.
A chance for a second helping was much appreciated

Thanks for trying gentlemen, however we must have something wrong as I can't discover the secret word yet that they want!

Ok jokes aside it must be Perth but I gather you have no letter clues to go with those other cryptic questions? Any other info?

appreciated

The secret word consists of 5 letters. If I accept "appreciated" for 7a,(I was grateful for a very soft rice and date pudding (11 letters) the first two letters are 'AE'.
If Perth is correct,the first three letters are "AEP"
I have 'splitsecond' for 18a, (An instant dessert for boxer's assistant (5,6 letters) now giving me the first four letters as "AEPP"
Now the clue for 14d is 'Artist leaves caramel for desert animal (5 letters). I submit the answer here would be 'camel'.
This now gives me the following 5 letters: AEPPL. Obviously this is not a word, so we're wrong somewhere!

Pardon my tardiness, I just came in to say split second.

The answers look to be correct so can the e go at the end to form apple ie the letters are meant to be an anagram of the answer?

Words ending in ppl don't come quite so trippingly off my tongue as some others.

The answer reads left to right.
a e
p
p
l
The answer is apple

Thank you Coffey Time, much appreciated. Would be interested to know the words the letters were taken from.

Colin????