| Afternoon repast |
high tea |
| Agreed to a very quiet ramble with duke |
APPROVED |
| Approaching |
NIGH |
| Atomic |
NUCLEAR |
| Atrocious |
HORRIFIC |
| Boxer in it with an Umbrian or Venetian? |
ITALIAN |
| Child in red told to change |
TODDLER |
| Close to endless darkness |
NIGH |
| Clue from wraith in Tolkien |
HINT |
| Collar part |
LAPEL |
| Constantly absent son goes round lake |
ALWAYS |
| Elm or oak, eg |
TREE |
| European resident |
ITALIAN |
| Exactly right (informal) |
spot-on |
| Excited as Peg stares in wonder |
GAPES |
| Express |
VOICE |
| Family diagram in centre explained |
TREE |
| Father, not well, gathered material |
FRILL |
| Flee war that's destroyed prosperity |
WELFARE |
| Fool has success covering bad flaw |
HALFWIT |
| Forever |
ALWAYS |
| Fruit content ruined shelf |
FLESH |
| Funeral hymn |
DIRGE |
| Good health |
WELFARE |
| Good to stop serious, sombre song |
DIRGE |
| Highest number on a dartboard |
TWENTY |
| Infant |
TODDLER |
| Jacket flap, pale, tailored to length |
LAPEL |