| Mischievous about remaining beggar |
IMPOVERISH |
| Mist surrounding river amphibian |
FROG |
| Nearly go running through all four seasons |
YEARLONG |
| Rather sour tonic tends to go off |
DISCONTENT |
| Rub out because put in before |
ERASE |
| Sit awkwardly in ceremonial uniform in agony |
DISTRESS |
| Spicy rice, alluring eastern cuisine (one wants seconds!) |
PILAU |
| Start on introducing exercises |
OPEN |
| Type of children’s book heroine mostly following it |
ITALIC |
| Understood vase is rarely open |
TACITURN |
| Vegetable is cold and tough |
CHARD |
| Volcanic opening about to swallow tree |
CALDERA |