| Absorbed — and made into a parcel, it's said |
RAPT |
| Aerial display soldiers and sailors ultimately recall in dark periods |
northern lights |
| Brawny wartime fighting force unknown outside European capital |
BEEFY |
| City man in underworld row accommodating in case |
CHARLESTON |
| Composure one’s discovered in American writer |
POISE |
| Constant inclination to take in son’s washing |
CLEANSING |
| Crooner once accepting bad position in publicity |
BILLING |
| Cross, and discourteous to listeners |
ROOD |
| Cut up over airport concealing current contamination |
POLLUTION |
| Half of capital Yankee invested in French city |
LYON |
| Jewel a girl finally displayed after work |
OPAL |
| Less demanding time for conveyance of cargo |
LIGHTERAGE |
| Like a simple song, perhaps, developing mostly nice mood |
MONODIC |
| Like some pasties — and grain, give or take |
CORNISH |