mc5 - Obscure vault 99 (7)

It's the cryptic crossword discussion game. Tease each other with clues, help each other with the dailies, educate the beginners, whatever.

Can I do one?

Here's one. Let's see how you go:
Attractive ribbon put to sound use [8,4]

GIII

That'll be MAGNETIC TAPE, I think.
This is shoddy, but it's late at night -
Poor man, since returning passport to province [8]

Need a hand!

Searching for place in England, bugger all good to vegetarians (7 down)

err... more clues please

[Noodle] We need the number of letters, not its position in the grid ;o)

oops

Sorry, there are 7 letters, and it is down, although I suppose its verticality is irrelevant.