Quiptic No. 281 and 282

Quiptic Crossword No. 282 set by Troll. Clues that stood out as either funny or appropriate:

• Irritating little beast gains Conservative support (4)
  Cleg (Tee hee...)
• We hear Rushdie and Fitzgerald, perhaps, are cause for ill feeling (11)
  Salmonella
• Fixes up operation for privates? (4)
  Snip

And last week's: Quiptic Crossword No. 281 set by Beale. I found this one quite difficult.

• Fashionable royal connection (7-4)
  Windsor knot
• Middling sort of performer (5-6)
  Belly dancer
• Rejected help when unusually beset by illness (8)
  Diabetes (Anagram of aid and beset)
• How to clean the carpet and go away (4-2)
  Beat it