29, 19 down One phrasing markedly unconventionally |
GERARD |
About to go to work, quiet work in office investigating crime |
COPSHOP |
Against crossing rivers, usually |
VERSUS |
An obsession for going to the matches? |
PYROMANIA |
Clinically get rid of sailor turning up after boat has gone? |
ABLATE |
Country cousin is a hit with relations |
BUMPKIN |
Dull hair pad |
MATTRESS |
Flashy soldier, male on drug |
GIMCRACK |
Guy's rubbish |
CHAFF |
Like net that could get curlier with initial couple of tangles |
RETICULAR |
Like the PM, fellow with little time to be an administrator |
INTENDANT |
Malign English female protected by an American woman |
DEFAME |
Mermaid stumbling over stone halfway across the water |
MIDSTREAM |
Miss upset about church being split |
SCHISM |
Nation has sort that's good within given a high honour |
KINGDOM |