| Mimics monkeys |
APES |
| Origins of automatons not British |
ROOTS |
| Persistent seller sent off |
RELENTLESS |
| Promise support for selected group |
COMMITTEE |
| Quite sour, distressed and blue |
TURQUOISE |
| Revolutionary with bite |
CHEW |
| Share drink grounds |
RATIONALE |
| Ship in champion holding national significance |
IMPORTANCE |
| Snakes, like heartless politicians |
ASPS |
| Stage regularly featured in diaries |
DAIS |
| Starts to cut under bedrock, encountering solid |
CUBE |
| Visitors taking time to speculate |
GUESS |
| Vulgar and expensive car with ludicrously luscious upholstery |
SCURRILOUS |
| Wishing to maintain quiet, mother rises in a rage |
HOPPINGMAD |