Possible Clues:

• Short order to get colliery run down
• Doddering engineers on retiring list after last month
• Like a banger and pancake with trimming in awful diet
• Weakened pet cried out
• Act cut short depression, getting past it
• Last month salesman had article that was worn out
• Rickety
• Like a crate, mistakenly pierced close to vat
• Getting on with act unfinished before bed
• Frail and creaky