| ''. . . . . . . . . sweep clean'' |
NEWBROOMS |
| ''If . . . . . . were horses, beggars would ride'' (6) |
WISHES |
| A mad kind of mum |
DAM |
| A man of the cloth |
CLERIC |
| A minder of pigs |
SWINEHERD |
| A pose of famed fable teller |
AESOP |
| A writer's pseudonym - . . . . . plume |
NOMDE |
| Addictive drug made from poppies |
OPIUM |
| Belgian city or ancient lord |
LIEGE |
| Big success for play or musical - sounds violent |
SMASHHIT |
| Burden with, oppress (8) |
ENCUMBER |
| Ceremonious soundings of trumpets |
FANFARES |
| Deposed or dislodged |
UNSEATED |
| Extract essence as with alcohol |
DISTIL |
| Has contempt for, looks down on (8) |
DESPISES |
| Human embryo more than six weeks after conception |
FOETUS |
| In what way? |
HOW |
| Instructions added to wills |
CODICILS |
