| 13 across with nothing in it |
BLANK |
| A blooming bit out of 28 across |
STAMEN |
| Among the vegetation, I sound lamentable |
PLAINT |
| Being such a swell, I'd not be up to time |
DILATE |
| By way of a fire right away |
LIKEASHOT |
| Can one help being so silly before it's crooked? |
ASSIST |
| Can the shrub try to get into the elm? |
MYRTLE |
| Cross off his head to make him cross with crossbones |
PIRATE |
| Desw might have a suit for this resort |
SPA |
| Enough to have made a loan of the middle of it |
PLENTY |
| For refinement this must be icy and get ten more |
NICETY |
| Gee, this could make a better man of you in no hurry |
AMBLE |
| He sounds as if he might be a chipmunk, by the sound of it |
FRIAR |
| It's not clear if it could shrink in Irish waters |
DIMINISH |
| Kept on, in a manner of speaking |
NATTERED |
| No, the P can be made into a wraparound |
PYTHON |
| Not low inside and not low on the legs |
THIGHS |
| Not out in imagination of childhood |
ININFANCY |