| Insincere praise given prison reformer drinking coffee |
FLATTERY |
| Local controversy in Cumbrian town |
BARROW |
| Lying down in suite, finally, after drink |
SUPINE |
| Nervous journalist, guy losing heart |
EDGY |
| Petty sergeant major everybody disliked |
small-minded |
| Prediction in favour of English players |
FORECAST |
| Remarkable cue |
SIGNAL |
| Saw senior scout formerly in lead |
PROVERB |
| Scoundrel, for one, returned to scrounge |
CADGE |
| Warning of danger from a member holding line |
ALARM |
| What most shops do most days is obvious |
open-and-shut |
| With last of deliveries, spinner's close |
STOP |