| Mature answer good by news boss |
AGED |
| Naval vessel |
DESTROYER |
| Players finally arrive at Scottish loch |
ELEVEN |
| Poem |
ODE |
| Post from directors welcoming student pair? |
BOLLARD |
| Predestine |
ORDAIN |
| Prepare to shoot excellent Frenchman |
AIM |
| Reddish brown |
AUBURN |
| Reverberate loudly |
THUNDER |
| Rumblings below after those horrid starters |
THUNDER |
| Scrimp |
ECONOMISE |
| Seaman can be this clever |
ABLE |
| See dry rot crippled warship |
DESTROYER |
| Showy splendour |
ECLAT |
| Singer's asset managed by vacuous Geordie? |
RANGE |
| Skilled |
ABLE |
| Staff grabbing rupees fast |
STARVE |
| Sullen |
DOUR |
| Sword lilies |
GLADIOLI |
| The mating game? |
CHESS |
| Tiny fly |
MIDGE |
| Traffic restriction device |
BOLLARD |
| Verse in Ariosto delights |
ODE |
| West African nation |
LIBERIA |
| Wheat-based pudding |
SEMOLINA |
| Worker to snoop around butler's domain |
PANTRY |