| Marksmen savaged in press |
SNIPERS |
| Mary's then desperately hugged by friend in plant |
CHRYSANTHEMUM |
| Mend most of others, ripped |
RESTORE |
| Mum, lost for words |
SPEECHLESS |
| No more than a pond |
MERE |
| Pitcher found in drain, not small |
EWER |
| Punctuation mark: misused too, perhaps |
APOSTROPHE |
| Retire, and start drinking old dry white wine from Spain? |
HITTHESACK |
| Snake cleaner fed, nervously |
FERDELANCE |
| Stop living with tough old fogey |
DIEHARD |
| Superior meal after heading off |
UPPER |
| Ten operas rewritten in international language |
ESPERANTO |
| True leader of mountainous kingdom |
REALM |
| Trump almost certain to go through |
SURPASS |
| Type of music demonstrated by single on the radio? |
SOUL |
