| Always on the surface, never in the middle |
VENEERED |
| Are, in short, in a bit of ground rice in the middle |
PIERCE |
| As I'm back about the blooming doctor |
MIMOSA |
| Ate them by the sound of them |
OCTAVES |
| Broken pegs around on a sucker may need a sucker |
SPONGE |
| Cch? That's an easy one |
CINCH |
| Does she get cover at the capital of Holland? (6) |
SHEATH |
| Fed below at the hotel, naturally |
INNATE |
| For speed it's all in line for housing |
TERRACE |
| For strength in you so to finish in weight |
TENDON |
| For the most pasrt the partner is up to catch this |
ENTRAP |
| Given to being a finisher in the red |
RENDERED |
| Have 1 across been put through the sieve like this enough to cause ill-feeling? |
STRAINED |
| How a pair of boys come together in the wood |
ABELES |
| How the R.As make rooms for foxes |
EARTHS |
| If a quintet gets sick, this helps |
AVAILS |
| It sounds as if one's always praying |
PREDATOR |
| It's himself that's great in American politics |
STATESMAN |