| Graduate getting zero on a stiff paper |
MANILA |
| Hint — minor — that’s dropped every so often |
IOTA |
| Jack, with tyrant’s role, taking time out — making it permanent? |
ABDICATING |
| Jerk wanting nothing at first to do with loan request from Antony? |
OTIC |
| Link with Brussels bureaucrat so ruefully if partially recalled |
EUROSTAR |
| Low calorie helping reduced by a third, people learned |
LITERATI |
| Machine chopped fruit that a human regularly bags |
AUTOMATA |
| Old sailor wearing light, tight garment |
LEOTARD |
| Poet’s light, mostly obscene book |
day-lewis |
| Standard, one consistently falling short |
COMMON |
| Tips on weapons hardware, so varied |
ARROWHEADS |
| Vague desire maybe to get husband for Yankee lady at last |
wishy-washy |
| What shoppers do after failure to find cooking ingredient |
lemon grass |
| Where cricketers practise catches |
NETS |