| American bum, say, with top-notch African weapon |
ASSEGAI |
| Anomalous accent in which first letter's dropped |
ROGUE |
| Antichristian breed embraced by Spanish saint |
SARACEN |
| Apple, or purveyor thereof to teacher? |
PUPIL |
| Bar's to bar drunken poets |
ESTOP |
| Battered hat with blemish at a funny angle |
ATHWART |
| Ceremonial soldier's electronic exploit in the drink |
BEEFEATER |
| Dead river, or the merest trickle |
DRIBBLE |
| Deny getting help to go up in estimation |
REPUDIATE |
| Emerging with a whiff of sodium? |
NASCENT |
| Flower absorbing source of metallic element |
GERMANIUM |
| Furious at being born in mid-assault |
RABID |
| Grass production reportedly preserved spirit |
TINDRUM |
| Gun turned on North American star |
REGULUS |
| Honour accorded to a king supplies cautionary signal |
AMBER |
| I had earmarked the lady, as a Londoner might say, for cover |
EIDERDOWN |