puzzling puzzles

So in my last post, I wrote how I'm enjoying the puzzles in the newspaper. I neglected to mention the mystery of the crossword puzzles here. At home, I enjoy a good crossword. I'm not spectacular at them or anything -- the Honolulu Advertiser is about my speed, the NY Times is far beyond my intellectual capabilities.

The Kenyan crossword puzzles make no sense. Here are a few recent clues...perhaps those of you word geniuses can help...maybe someone can call my grandma jackie who is the crossword queen.

1) Father returns to a small French woman as he had a strong desire to please (8 letters)
**I swear I'm not making this up
2) Three dimensional reproduction of sound obtainable when you steer zero maybe. (6 letters)
3) What happens after we ploughed the field? Disappear quickly. (7 letters)
4) Sort of string following us at sea in an uncertain manner. (3 words 2,1,5)

Huh?????? If I ever have a band, I'm calling it whatever #4 is.