| Appear capable of respect |
LOOKUPTO |
| Busy — and doing well to keep dry — working on hull? |
COPPERBOTTOMING |
| CERN mistakenly associated with this term |
CHRISTEN |
| Cold-blooded order included in email — it perhaps backfired? |
REPTILIA |
| Collector of relics dispatching books — one for horoscope reader? |
AQUARIAN |
| Country residence in Guernsey, perhaps, with certain rules |
CIVILLAW |
| Female graduate turning from an American barman? |
AMANDA |
| Fighting kid messing with gun |
DUKING |
| Film certificate that's got filled in wrongly about to get cancelled |
NULLIFIED |
| Jolly sailor, one sat in Cambridge |
TRIPOS |
| Listened to one who's beating the drink |
LIQUOR |
| Love, as it happens, painting the press produces? |
OLIVEOIL |
| Lustrous material to avoid, being ineffectual |
LAMEDUCK |
| Maximum sum to invest, ultimately wasted |
UTMOST |
| Monster one banged on about close to rock, chasing family |
KINGKONG |