| Ace detectives in charge becoming sour |
ACIDIC |
| As copper, for example, call time after disturbance |
METALLIC |
| Boy having beer cold |
ALEC |
| Brief detailed description you gamble on? |
SPEC |
| Charlie conceals rebukes |
CHIDES |
| Coy Bill plays daft: not like these words! |
POLYSYLLABIC |
| Cry of rook perhaps, possessing large talon |
CLAW |
| Curtsies afresh, serving oranges, say |
CITRUSES |
| Dangerous reptile descending on American plant |
CROCUS |
| Fashionable Post Office, one found by river naturally |
HIPPO |
| Female compatriot of noble line without husband |
COUNTRYWOMAN |
| From part of empire, perhaps: no one local, sadly |
COLONIAL |
