Possible Clues:

• Ticks off after this run-through?
• Type of bath for ewe? (2 words)
• 'Pesticide mixture for ovines (5,3)'
• Vergers in Eastbridge paid to board vessel — Suffolk submerged here?
• Her record slump helps one to count clean lambs perhaps
• Vessel extending some way down? Spooner (and farmer!) would say so
• Salutary plunge rippling deepish pond's surface
• Livestock cleanser moved deep inside boat
• Bath for cleaning fleeces before shearing [2003]
• Get the wool soaked for safety's sake