Took me a while to re-work out the logic: it comes from the fact that Paul's = MINE.

How about Scale back creature (6)

Only thing I can think of is animal, not a common usage of "scale" though.

I think it works, but it's ambiguous. It could equally well be LAMINA by taking the clue the other way.

Nice to see you back [Blob]. This game's lost a bit of momentum, what with you being temporarily frozen out - and rab peregrinating all over the place. Anyway, I left a clue a while back - which doesn't appear to have been solved. I think it's disappeared off the top.