| Affectedly refined |
GENTEEL |
| African tongue |
SWAHILI |
| Assert without proof |
ALLEGE |
| Authenticate scam by company |
CONFIRM |
| Beggar cut both loaf and a biscuit |
LAZARUS |
| Bird in sorrow first to be dumped |
EGRET |
| Black knight pens song for Scottish child |
BAIRN |
| Blockade |
EMBARGO |
| Burnish |
POLISH |
| Church spire |
STEEPLE |
| Continental banker, right one outside hotel |
RHONE |
| Corruption |
DECADENCE |
| Courage (informal) |
NERVE |
| Course with lettuce |
SALAD |
| Cricket side, into beer, to declare |
ALLEGE |
| Decline in 10 years once love disappears |
DECADENCE |
| Deserving respect |
ADMIRABLE |
| Deviate |
DIGRESS |
| Distinguished academic |
SCHOLAR |
| Eastern girl embracing new result |
ENSUE |
| Encounters fox-hunting events |
MEETS |
| Europeans to shine |
POLISH |
| Excuse Bengali bicyclist uses |
ALIBI |
| Expert thus securing a flat |
PROSAIC |
| Fine bra, mailed, gets damaged |
ADMIRABLE |
| Follow on |
ENSUE |
| French river |
RHONE |
| His law changed one language |
SWAHILI |
