| Lock or plait |
TRESS |
| Lofty chap employed to train runners? |
BEANPOLE |
| Man perhaps lies awkwardly |
ISLE |
| Mild-mannered man drained lake |
GENTLE |
| Mud-slinging apprentice jams tool |
SLANDER |
| Piercing cry |
SHRIEK |
| Preferences |
TASTES |
| Pressure in bank to respond |
REPLY |
| Prime Minister takes in Old English verse |
POEM |
| Pull out hanky (not hard) |
YANK |
| Put the last touches to |
FINALISE |
| Quietness |
SILENCE |
| Rhyme |
POEM |
| Samples good man eats messily outside |
TASTES |
| Screech from one grabbed by screen ogre |
SHRIEK |
| Sea-girt land |
ISLE |
| Season |
WINTER |
| Sharp pull |
YANK |
| Small talk creating splash |
SPATTER |
| Soft and tranquil |
GENTLE |
| Spend colder months in Glasgow in terror |
WINTER |
| Statue I'd sculpted and placed |
SITUATED |
| Tall thin person (informal) |
BEANPOLE |
| Terrible blow for English MP in exam |
TEMPEST |
| Track or follow |
TAIL |
| Violent windy storm |
TEMPEST |
