| Innermost part |
CORE |
| Interlock |
MESH |
| King coming in late causes terror |
DREAD |
| Mediocre |
SOSO |
| Notices |
ESPIES |
| Old rook seen in church centre |
CORE |
| On my back in a sense unknown |
ANONYMOUS |
| Orange grated over herb |
OREGANO |
| Performance |
ACT |
| Poet to write in ship with monarch |
SPENSER |
| Private instructor |
TUTOR |
| Quarrel where sea ridge collapses |
DISAGREE |
| Sauce from copper with famous daughter |
CUSTARD |
| Shem misused the network |
MESH |
| Sniping remark? |
POTSHOT |
| Some idle rodents lose ground? |
ERODE |
| Spots English agents |
ESPIES |
| Sycophant to move slowly |
CREEP |
| Teacher from university to run on time |
TUTOR |
| Tiptoe |
CREEP |
| Top meal, no starter, second in test |
UPPERMOST |
| Trench |
DITCH |
| Trick to keep paintings in box |
CARTON |
| Unfair criticism |
POTSHOT |
| Unidentified |
ANONYMOUS |
| Wear down |
ERODE |
| Weird dance with Ted is depraved |
DECADENT |
| Wild marjoram |
OREGANO |