| Loyal kid, finding bone to pick? |
true rib |
| Mess initially put together by soldiers |
SNAFU |
| Met expectations? |
weather forecast |
| Nominal inheritance, misguided on my part |
patronym |
| Parking in Asian city where one used to go for cryptic advice |
DELPHI |
| Piece I have taken with pawn in retaliation |
PUNITIVE |
| Pub and its front I preserve in centre of London |
BARBICAN |
| Range in Patagonian Desert, which it bounds |
ANDES |
| Servant whose charges are small but growing |
NURSEMAID |
| Shrill voice of loud singer introducing song sequence |
FALSETTO |
| Spring over, store things here |
VAULT |
| Strange condition — one remains if twin daughters and sons leave |
ODDNESS |
| Tree in shot taken from garrison town |
ALDER |
| Was pleasantly distracted by natural light |
DAYDREAMT |
| Work by Dickens, whom we both like |
our mutual friend |