Possible Clues:

• Praise the former road tax, by the sound of it
• Shower kudos upon
• Sing praises of
• Crack up once, having to ring off finally
• Praise some Tales of Wessex, told by Hardy
• Get the former item up and praise it
• Might 'e praise item number ten up from the bottom?
• Praise is, in this context, oleaginous
• Praise - laud
• Crack up making those absent from W --- K, say?