| Body of soldiers, tense, without means to ascend |
TROOP |
| Ceasefire, short, set up on base |
TRUCE |
| Comic circulating an unfounded rumour |
CANARD |
| Cooking method, first of three broadcast on radio |
TANDOORI |
| Course record therefore momentous, originally |
EPSOM |
| Day of celebration, perhaps, in flats I've renovated |
FESTIVAL |
| Dog's breakfast in canteen |
MESS |
| Drink Italian provided after a rep returned |
APERITIF |
| Face endless people giving a torrent of abuse |
DIATRIBE |
| Failing to change sides |
DEFECT |
| Form of government that may make one go charily |
OLIGARCHY |
| Heavy food awkward to digest without it |
STODGE |
| Impressed by energy charge |
STAMPEDE |
| Inherited a northern castle? Oddly, that's about right |
ANCESTRAL |
| Lose it, knowing of article supporting female name |
FLYOFFTHEHANDLE |