| Brains holding new record over puzzle |
NONPLUS |
| Composer starts idea, occasionally |
SATIE |
| Crucial economy inside emergency department |
ACUTE |
| Despite miserliness, purchases record |
ITEMISE |
| Detectives overlook everything, nearly giving notice |
DISMISSAL |
| Difficult coming together accepting rout, oddly |
GRUELLING |
| Express disapproval and educate vacuous student |
TUTEE |
| Finally shed tears for weaklings |
DRIPS |
| Flail about in the endless silence |
THRESH |
| Flash application for computer device |
MOUSE |
| Football official accepts deceit for respite |
RELIEF |
| Frighten quarry, perhaps, getting ferret out |
DETERMINE |
| Greek god posed with lyre, undressed |
SATYR |
| Hay cultivated with garden plant |
HYDRANGEA |
| Head of snake, more sinuous snake |
SLITHER |
| Hear King's changing, making reduction |
SHRINKAGE |