| A footballer can be taken thus |
ABACK |
| A much smaller number touring the East for game |
FEARLESS |
| An artist takes in abandoned ships |
ARMADA |
| Band thrown up in cooler, lacking a leader |
RIDGE |
| Broadcaster ran out without part of speech on the Church |
ANNOUNCER |
| Darling American goes on dream holiday |
HONEYMOON |
| Earn money in preparation for printing |
MAKEREADY |
| Failures the learner dismissed in the recesses |
APSES |
| Final offers made by university officer to one academic with thanks |
ULTIMATA |
| Hard stuff's the best for a brick, perhaps |
ICECREAM |
| Kind of NUS files hard to unravel |
UNSELFISH |
| Less restricted, as eggs can be: the last four being off |
FREER |
| Liar they put right in a crude way |
EARTHILY |
| Minister backs Brown in old battle |
VERDUN |