| Gents perhaps in Tel Aviv |
LAV |
| Group in distance |
LEAGUE |
| Hint: snooker cue no good with this! |
tip-off |
| Hostess in village is harridan |
GEISHA |
| Hungry creature that flies round US |
RAVENOUS |
| Insubstantial |
ETHEREAL |
| Japanese companion |
GEISHA |
| Light region in shade there allowed |
ETHEREAL |
| Loo (informal) |
LAV |
| Lord Erskine's directive |
ORDER |
| Madden |
INCENSE |
| Obtain by persuasion (informal) |
WANGLE |
| Old Italian manor refurbished |
ROMAN |
| Old man, artist and soldier |
PARA |
| One cuts line in varied places |
SCALPEL |
| Parents' siblings |
AUNTIES |
| Sack lay in hearth |
FIREPLACE |
| Small demons |
IMPS |
| Soccer boot twisted in dive |
FOOTBALL |
| Some captions appropriate |
APT |
| Sulk when poem rewritten |
MOPE |
| Surgical knife |
SCALPEL |
| Take over |
USURP |
| The beautiful game |
FOOTBALL |
| Warning |
tip-off |
| Wine cartel punished |
CLARET |