| A drop of the hard stuff |
HAILSTONE |
| Agreement to study population count is announced |
CONSENSUS |
| An unpleasant person, but an unnamed one |
SOANDSO |
| Cock-a-hoop, still following City |
ECSTATIC |
| Decrease in newspapers |
PRESS |
| Disturbance in court, perhaps |
RUCTION |
| Drop a catch in the close |
LATCH |
| Elisha ordered to take in male Biblical outcast |
ISHMAEL |
| Embraces sweetheart and wives |
ESPOUSES |
| Ground and house might be theirs |
LANDLORDS |
| Ill-disposed ladies to be separated |
ISOLATED |
| It's a rigid rule |
YARDSTICK |
| Living in the wild, not a flat |
NATURAL |
| Mountain retreat needs freezer for fish |
PLAICE |
| No end of good fortune concerning money |
LUCRE |