| About little lost fish |
ROUGHY |
| Angler's instrument brought up unknown quantity of fish |
DORY |
| Beloved as earth to Spooner, that's obvious |
CLEARASDAY |
| Bit of bread offered to newt, which Ken Livingstone liked |
FARLEFT |
| Boatman put one out skilfully |
ABLY |
| Boatman's one to advance as a paradigm |
IMAGO |
| Cooked Dover sole |
DONE |
| Encourages recount — you might say 'pardon' |
EXONERATE |
| Even a smidgen of evidence |
SIGN |
| Familiar name for humble member of a large organisation (women only) |
COGNOMEN |
| Fish both ways in the sea |
MARLIN |
| Fish missing an hour, going astray |
ERRING |
| Forsaken, nevertheless reportedly a looker |
LORGNETTE |
| Go into chippy, if fish goes first |
ENTER |
| Having fun in a boat going in to fish |
LARKING |
| Inclines to take radical stances |
ASCENTS |
| Instrument with which to try to catch fish? |
CASTANET |