[st d] They're my own creation, and you're bang on with that one.

[Blob] Both correct. Congrats.

a) Stories of feet ? (7)
b) Gold deer managed church. Allow beforehand ? The opposite ! (3,2,9)
c) Ring first - ring around by Jove ! (8)

Is b) LET OR HINDRANCE... I think not cos I haven't managed to work the deer in...

[rab] The two-foot tree - PAWPAW?

Its a reference to The Goilden Hind I do believe and a very tortuous one at that. Well I have a pretty rubbish one that isn't quite right but I reckon could be gotten away iwth in an iffy puzzle :-
Digitally enhance fringes (7)
and two old favorites from the guardian :-
HIJKLMNO (5)
They meet for lunch (5)[_ _ _ T _]

[Hugo Rune] Yes!
[st d] Please explain the Golden Hind reference.

[st d] Your first is FINGERS. As you say, iffy, because the definition defines a different part of speech.

Not quite Golden Hind. Gold = Or, Giving Or hind ran CE the rest is obvious of course. What about (a) and (c) I thought (a) was particularly straightforward.

[st d] Hah, like the alphabet soup. That'd be WATER, then. My duck coop was FENCE, incidentally.