| 'Cosmopolitan' dictates I shop around |
SOPHISTICATED |
| ... helps son wearing wellies, perhaps |
BOOSTS |
| Abandon one consumed by record hit |
DISCLAIM |
| Average detective with average case |
MEDIAN |
| Budget vote leader ignored |
ALLOT |
| Cave found in verdant region |
ANTRE |
| Check in unrefined earth for pigment |
OCHRE |
| Dispose of ale in time, drunk |
ELIMINATE |
| Exhibitionist in French street, thus quietly revolting |
POSEUR |
| Forward part of shoe not without padding ... |
INSOLENT |
| Good person speaks and falters |
STUTTERS |
| History covers start of Moscow retreat |
HERMITAGE |
| Incendiarism against right saw off nominee initially |
ARSON |
| Laments English members taking to wit |
ELEGIES |
