| Name one idiot or another |
NITWIT |
| Old romance set somewhere in Africa |
CAMEROON |
| One of 12 given a job by the French |
APOSTLE |
| Plot to develop rocket, for example |
ALLOTMENT |
| Poet scratching his bottom in pub |
BAR |
| Raise a glass to Queen Elizabeth’s kitchen assistant |
TOASTER |
| Right-winger losing nothing in tax |
TRY |
| Stupidly I bait red in bitter attack |
DIATRIBE |
| Suffer again without European help |
RELIEVE |
| Top policeman having change of heart |
CAP |
| TV controller accommodated in Derbyshire motel |
REMOTE |
| Victor paid off, being feeble |
VAPID |
| Want to chuck teacher in river? |
DESIRE |