The answer was Amelia.

Am =American
Elia= Charles Lamb.

How about this one.

A couple of partners wearing combinations, flighty types (10)

*E*G*N***S

Yeah, that's better than Austin!

Berganders. Which is a real bastard of a clue: another name for the sheldrake (type of duck), well known for pairing and their black and white plummage.

A real b***** as you say, A bit too obscure. I could have come up with a couple of slightly easier clues. But hey ho.

This completes the puzzle

Work put in tin say-recourse for a secret item (9)

E*O*E*E*T

Think of scarpering with your amour...

I did think of elopement but I can make it fit the clue apart from flighty types.

How about this one

Maybe burn ham (6)

Overdo I guess

You're getting your clues mixed up. Elopement is "op" (work) in "element" (tin being an example of a chemical element).

I think you're right about overdo, in that ham acting is typified by actors overdoing things.

You're right, I was getting mixed up. They do scramble your brain sometimes these cryptic clues.

C'mon Stu, I'm bored.

I've been rather busy this last few weeks but things are calming down now here and I'll be back

Here's a couple to keep you going

Money can provide for comic hero (6)

**N*** (I think this may begin with Y) I keep thinking of YIN and YEN

Native of one African country provided another (6)

***A**

The fifth letter of the first clue is the last letter of the second.

I keep thinking tswana here - I lived in Botswana and tswana is both the language and a tribe. Could be way off of course ;-)

tintin?

Tintin (tin being a slang term for money).

Somali (but I can't work out why...)