| Initially such a strange old name for a cathedral city |
SARUM |
| Innumerable pounds raked in by nobleman’s wife |
COUNTLESS |
| Learner involved in preserving Scottish game |
CURLING |
| Luxurious work originally unveiled fast |
OPULENT |
| Old soldier’s language in court! |
CHINDIT |
| Powerless to arrest retired chap impossible to identify |
unnamable |
| Red coats perhaps originally tailored around the centre of Derby |
MARXIST |
| Splendid-sounding place for nuts, perhaps? |
GRATE |
| Sporting triumph head of Lancing entered in file |
BLINDER |
| Stylish English member introducing a set of books |
ELEGANT |
| Styptic required by north American ex-student |
ALUMNUS |
| Talking bird of little importance, it may be said |
MYNAH |
| Time-waster ultimately agreed to go to France without one |
DALLIER |
| Upset hanger-on by mistake? Nonsense |
RUBBISH |