| Formally disavow a belief once held |
RECANT |
| Island where Napoleon was born |
CORSICA |
| Over |
EXCEEDING |
| Painful facial lump or blister |
COLDSORE |
| Penny ___ (1967 Beatles song) |
LANE |
| Place's rising (anag) — Australian town |
ALICESPRINGS |
| Should |
OUGHT |
| Sounding sheepish? |
BLEATING |
| Those few who stay on after the others have left or been forced out |
RUMP |
| War paint for eyelashes? |
MASCARA |
| What might develop into something substantial? |
GERM |