| 13 across is to be ex this, perhaps |
EATEN |
| 5 down ran it up for a time |
CLOCK |
| 5 down thus came second for 6 down |
RUNNERUP |
| A hawkish way to spoil up equality |
RAPTOR |
| Aim to get to the top of the church |
ASPIRE |
| Allow nothing to turn over the door back there |
LINTEL |
| Beg round about a bird |
GREBE |
| For a start I had 13 across in it |
INITIATE |
| Habitually put on one more and see tea |
ADDICT |
| Implore to get up to ten all sired |
BEGOTTEN |
| In about the clue that's in the middle of them |
NUCLEI |
| It's all to the good to have them in the form of sets |
ASSETS |
| Just mind it when people agree |
MENTALLY |
| Limitless, without being shut at last |
OPENENDED |
| Ma Rosa knows how to get them, by the sound of it |
AROMAS |
| Might 'e avoid a duel with this? |
ELUDE |
| Nothing between the plate and the home to make it so crooked |
DISHONEST |
| One can go on ahead and be noble before fifty |
EAR |