| Maintain against attack |
DEFEND |
| Not just yet |
LATER |
| Official of a (Communist) bureaucracy |
APPARATCHIK |
| Perch |
ROOST |
| Practise before a tennis match |
KNOCKUP |
| Prehistoric period |
IRONAGE |
| Rectangle with adjacent sides unequal |
OBLONG |
| Relating to a top British university |
OXONIAN |
| Result |
UPSHOT |
| Saw eye to eye |
AGREED |
| Take off |
IMITATE |
| Tremble |
QUAKE |
| Weighty — ponderous |
HEAVY |
