| Mediocre writing before editor initially runs tabloid? |
PAPER |
| More cheerful, apparently, in greeting the Queen |
HAPPIER |
| Novelist's abode |
LODGE |
| Officers pester veterans nastily about India |
REPRESENTATIVES |
| Ogres eating vigorously -- they could be full of fruit |
ORCHARDS |
| Own monkey, perhaps, after a change of heart |
PRIVATE |
| Peers dismissing a son's suffering |
STRESS |
| Relieved after cold ended |
CEASED |
| Softly hold jam? |
PRESERVE |
| Stiff outfit I had |
RIGID |
| Tax benefit -- it helps, to an extent |
TITHE |
| Upset school, by the sound of it |
EATEN |
| Use fear regularly to cut tax |
EXERCISE |
| Wedge shot in golf that goes astray |
SLICE |
| Welcome something done about church parking |
ACCEPT |