| A bishop trapped by two men in tangled vegetation |
CHAPARRAL |
| Ailment dispatching commanding officer? How awful! |
UGH |
| Beginner abandons most demanding challenge |
EVEREST |
| Carefully considering one’s options, unlike Charles the Fat, say? |
THINKING |
| Catcher of worms, as the dodo was? |
early bird |
| Children resulting from affair? |
ISSUE |
| Coppers accepting a new punishment |
PENANCE |
| Daughter in wig perhaps, having dropped an E? |
DRUGGED |
| Drugs making you a prima donna? |
HEROINE |
| Examined closely, as swordfish might be? |
GRILLED |
| Goliath running wild, inspiring northern hatred |
LOATHING |
| Head office exploiting position in Barbican perhaps |
housing estate |
| Holy man in French island uprising |
ELI |
| Lawgiver playing part in generalissimo’s escape |
MOSES |