| Object to its being so skinny to start with |
THING |
| Reptilian rage over the church |
ASPIRE |
| Seeing one would prefer this (sic) |
OPTICS |
| Sounds as if one knows it. It's pleasant and welcome in the end to get it |
FRAGRANT |
| That might be festive in the oriental manner |
EASTERLY |
| That should cover 9 across, to boot |
FOOTWEAR |
| That's the middle of 28 across, all right, by the sound of it |
INK |
| The area of the North in the oyster |
NACRE |
| The child seems to be a girl |
ISSUE |
| The darned millenium has finished at last |
MENDED |
| The Foot must keep it and have it on foot |
INSTEP |
| The hand I give you is just perfect |
IDEAL |
| The way to have a hail for the unaspirated |
AVE |
| There's getting to be less in monarchy at last |
SHRINKING |
| There's nothing like them |
HATES |
| They're all round but only half round, of course (4, 5) |
NINEHOLES |
| Thus it starts to be worth little in France |
SOU |
| You man of Ulster - altogether so |
UNISON |