| A quiet man carrying one’s hors d’oeuvre, say |
APPETISER |
| Agitation in the saddle about rider’s first piece of tack |
STIRRUP |
| Allure of girl disheartened by affair |
GLAMOUR |
| Bad moral failing we observed at first in 17th-cent king |
william of orange |
| Big city’s sole import, surprisingly |
METROPOLIS |
| Bizarre county briefly attracting Capone |
SURREAL |
| Cheyenne, for example, proposes to keep current staff |
PLAINSMAN |
| Chinese fruit landed on character abroad |
LITCHI |
| Club employee’s dishonoured cheque? |
BOUNCER |
| Clubs reportedly subject to breaches — like many exclusive groups |
CLIQUEY |
| Confuse most of the queue |
THROW |
| Copy head of icon in this writer’s gallery |
IMITATE |
| Crops unknown English lord planted in island |
YIELDS |
| Disloyalty of a couple of chaps holding up wager |
BETRAYAL |
| Dullness of small number splitting second theatre award |
MONOTONY |
| Entice newlywed where guests may be assembled |
drawing room |
| Exercise equipment: finally determine satellite’s point in orbit |
PERIGEE |
| Extremely rich, fanciful myth Gershwin got? |
RHYTHM |
| Falsely represent security organisation’s circumstances |
MISSTATE |
| Farm employee, unqualified, crossing a river |
SHEARER |
| Fellow director of company more red-faced about staff? |
coproducer |
| Female artist supporting US city university |
LAURA |
| Flyer’s busily active spell in jail |
HUMMINGBIRD |
| Football team divided by a new food flavouring |
VANILLA |
| Free passage originally secured by a Parisian, say |
UNPEG |
| Fuel father principally raised a stink about |
PARAFFIN |
| Gain height fast, going to London before season? |
upspring |
| Game bird in putting area outside youth hostel |
GREYHEN |
| Good Scottish prince left touring large municipal building |
GUILDHALL |
| Greek character opposed to alcoholic drink |
CHIANTI |
| Greeting returned by scholar in rear, one who cultivates molluscs |
oysterman |