| Amiable, and at close of day extremely lively |
FRIENDLY |
| Area used to be hot and seriously flooded |
AWASH |
| Dedicated action inspiring five religious books |
DEVOTED |
| Diving duck scared at first by cat’s cry |
SMEW |
| Drunk son’s inappropriate garment? |
TIGHTS |
| Fearful, but again subject to uncertainty? |
REDOUBTABLE |
| Groovy attempt to secure goal |
TRENDY |
| Group of witches beginning to clean stove |
COVEN |
| H, perhaps, in the role of buccaneer? |
ASPIRATE |
| Japanese verse originally hidden away in Kyoto university |
HAIKU |
| Live among opponents in French resort |
ANTIBES |
| Molten rock mother observed around foot of berg |
MAGMA |