| Not even out of the ordinary |
ODD |
| Old politician briefly accepting current state |
LIBERIA |
| One-time cavalry officer carrying old woman’s jewelled headdress |
CORONET |
| Opportunity for stating opinion, for example |
SAY |
| Plant of advanced age captured by general staff |
GOLDENROD |
| Posh churchgoer protected by solitary item of tack |
SURCINGLE |
| Revealing unskilfulness in record time |
INEPT |
| Rushing round bum hotel, making disapproving noises |
harrumphing |
| Russian girl’s part of fair in Arkhangelsk |
IRINA |
| Simple song about an aromatic plant |
DITTANY |
| Source of milk runt initially guzzled — a pleasant surprise |
TREAT |
| Surprisingly clean yet ultimately effective gas |
ACETYLENE |
| Turned out sadly to be lacking education |
UNTUTORED |
| Waterside walk wife visits to caress horse |
TOWPATH |
| Welshman possibly, with last of dairy’s cream |
IVORY |