| Release article rejected by BBC |
UNTIE |
| Request for exemption from noble marquise on vacation abroad |
count me out |
| Roof opening to allow passage of beams |
SKYLIGHT |
| Son, no longer effective, determined to quit |
sworn off |
| Starts joint exit illicitly during service |
jump ship |
| Succeeded in winning holiday that begins and ends here? |
landing strip |
| Tap on bottom that may disturb one's rest |
BEDBUG |
| Treacheries scuppered if I listened in, mostly |
infidelities |
| Twice old guards left Iberian city |
OPORTO |
| Vitriolic sodium or calcium symbolically mixed |
mordacious |
| Weaken a magnet when picked up |
ABATE |
| What's the betting contracted game won't start? |
EVENS |
| With two runs failing, could cute programmer produce it? |
computer game |
| Worry about featuring in paper |
FRET |