| A big strike upset international alliance |
AXIS |
| A trite rule that's spoiled written material |
LITERATURE |
| Agreement in a combination of notes, we hear |
ACCORD |
| Attack vehicle in reservoir |
TANK |
| Battle in street leading to goods impounded by law |
STRUGGLE |
| Be economical, having munched crisp over minute |
SCRIMP |
| Clever group of diners disregarding time |
ABLE |
| Decadent English fellows having summer in Paris |
EFFETE |
| Device that could make mum more embarrassed |
SHREDDER |
| Expedient required for fleet facing difficulty |
QUICKFIX |
| Greeting penned by a poet I fancy in African country |
ETHIOPIA |
| Hear about the Italian bishop's hat |
TRILBY |
| Hotel in reach in poor quarter |
GHETTO |
| In America, single, drunk, showing brutish quality |
UGLINESS |
