| Ornamental cloth and headgear being worn to hide a knight turning up |
CAPARISON |
| Out-of-form team wrongly positioned on field |
OFFSIDE |
| Part of London well-liked, but not for top people |
POPLAR |
| Playwright entertaining a man of colour? |
PAINTER |
| Something fibrous turning up in eggs — and beer! |
ELASTIN |
| Stand up, somehow, ground level collector |
DUSTPAN |
| Thought to bring article forward for assistant |
AIDE |
| Tricky account is hard to keep in line |
TICKLISH |
| Very worried daughter is given lesson about e.g. writing |
DISTRAUGHT |
| Vessel in harbour, almost one that could be mistaken for another |
PORRINGER |
| Vicar of Bray perhaps less fat |
TRIMMER |
| Walk backwards across a road to find explosive devices |
PETARDS |
| What baby may be — innocent, clutching mater excitedly |
PREMATURE |
| What you'd find in the kitchen — Aga best for cooking? |
tea bags |