| Leading group's surprise result |
UPSET |
| Marker ringing child's fine example . . . |
SCORCHER |
| Nero, as the houses cook |
ROAST |
| On average, cold thus acts in a healing way |
MEDICALLY |
| Quandary of less civilised people in a flutter |
BEWILDERMENT |
| Relative reversal of city (German one) |
NIECE |
| Said to be monarch's downfall |
RAIN |
| Seen when wheat's cut? |
SWATHE |
| Ship's commander gets personal with the Queen |
PRIVATEER |
| Short program that takes skill out of fruit tart |
APPLET |
| Shy about what's offensive endlessly in material |
CORDUROY |
| The reverse of formal wear |
TAILS |
| Work up about hot shot |
PHOTO |
| Writer concluded first love is unbounded |
OPENENDED |