| Articles stolen from gala leading to long hiatus |
GLITCH |
| Biographer's topic, sentence after sentence? |
LIFETIME |
| Cathedral cities half-heartedly welcoming Low Church's embraces |
SMOOCHES |
| Copper infiltrating network, getting a break |
LACUNA |
| Criticise the consequences of decay? |
BADMOUTH |
| Easy work to go wrong over energy treatment? |
SINECURE |
| First-rate way to reach the attic? |
TOPFLIGHT |
| Follow aim to exclude finale -- it's omitted from set of pieces |
ENSUE |
| Fool that is not heartless or wise |
SAPIENT |
| Fruit item, perhaps bit of orange, eaten by the German folk hero |
PIEDPIPER |
| Harbours attracting sailor in standard bit of garb |
SPORTSJACKET |
| Hard to get out of completed channel |
TROUGH |
| I will also cut round pieces to get souvenir |
MEMENTO |
| Judge copy to be some sort of prank |
JAPE |
| Loss of oil perhaps from lighter |
SPILL |