| A collector entertained by favourite bird |
PARAKEET |
| A secondary route on the continent? |
ABROAD |
| Alliance one's struck |
MATCH |
| Back on ship, harsh |
STERN |
| Bad electrified lifts |
EVIL |
| Caged by parvenu, that chirruping bird |
NUTHATCH |
| Couple of fools batting for killer |
ASSASSIN |
| Difficult Norse god nearly dispensing with earl |
THORNY |
| European boors react when provoked |
SERBOCROAT |
| Familiar prisoner keeps it up |
INTIMATE |
| Fed nothing, tried food grilled |
TOASTED |
| Gin swilled in happy party |
CONTINGENT |
| Grabbing attention, row gets more emotional |
TEARIER |
| Initially with army -- Royal Marines not cool? |
WARM |
| Jack, for example, out of tune -- a playing fiddler? |
CARDSHARP |