| A dog on the prowl? |
LURCHER |
| Arrangement of flowers in the pit |
PARTERRE |
| Being behind crime in wood |
LOSING |
| Bird of tremendous eloquence |
OUSEL |
| Change over to a rod |
SWITCH |
| Complaint found in sloth or South American rodent |
AGOUTI |
| Desolation of writer coming to a head |
WILDERNESS |
| Diver finding short answer in business combine |
MERGANSER |
| Engine cover found by French maid in vehicle |
CARBONNET |
| Express approbation of last rose, perhaps |
ENDORSE |
| Give the boy a wash and a biscuit |
BATHOLIVER |
| Granted nobody had settled |
ALLOWED |
| Gratuitous error made by some employer |
USER |
| He wrote of the French missile backfiring |
DUMAS |
| Hidden danger in role reversal |
TRAP |