| Meaner Conservative, one suffering defeat |
CLOSER |
| Meaner goddess engenders a measure of interest |
BASERATE |
| Muffling sound of modern music-making |
WRAPPING |
| Music once played, engaging performance |
NOCTURNE |
| Name of man recently elected |
JUSTIN |
| Old fellow in Middle East location |
OMAN |
| Pattern exceptionally large framing edge of doorway |
ARGYLE |
| Perform again in urban community that's destroyed |
TOREDOWN |
| Reveal as phoney what fielder may claim, wanting verdict against batsman |
CATCHOUT |
| Seem to be a listener, keeping very quiet |
APPEAR |
| Shakespearean fool has little right to be sore |
FESTER |
| Shelter beginning to be needed with day fading |
AWNING |
| Surviving no longer with blemish, having lost heart |
EXTANT |
| Tries very hard to produce tunes |
STRAINS |
| Very early in toilet, turning up after five, say |
PRIMEVAL |
| Worry making feeble folk roll over |
STEW |