| Assess girl delayed securing entrance to university |
EVALUATE |
| Basil, perhaps — or some other boy |
HERB |
| Blow one’s top: dash off article, appending name |
fly off the handle |
| Continue tediously, knowing it’s a predatory insect |
DRAGONFLY |
| Displace universal expert on Holy Writ |
UPROOT |
| Ingredient of salad and stew carers prepared |
WATERCRESS |
| Itch to join club keeping old ship’s vessel |
LONGBOAT |
| King showing displeasure when friend interrupts motor sport |
RALLYCROSS |
| Last of crops I see in storage tower |
SILO |
| Machine husband’s left running in the Odeon, for example? |
CINEMA |
| Musical craftsman, poet, dramatist and novelist |
oliver goldsmith |
| Part of generator seasoned soldiers set up first |
ARMATURE |
| Part of target, collecting music for ball |
outswinger |
| Peacekeepers given supply of coal, perhaps showing no appreciation |
UNGRATEFUL |
| Period of abstinence for firm |
FAST |
