| Active constituent of vodka or (tenuously) even rum, originally |
VOTER |
| Amateur given place on staff |
LAYMAN |
| Block cross, as a result |
DAMUP |
| China possesses revolutionary weapon |
MACHETE |
| Dark blue shoe? |
OXFORD |
| Dig up 12's mark given to wine in summer abroad |
EXCAVATE |
| Drinks kid hasn't finished |
TEAS |
| Endless failure not for everyone — the rest developed talent |
FLAIR |
| Fruit from Madeira is insect-ridden |
RAISINS |
| Hindu magistrate at university in desert |
RAJPUT |
| I tucked into God-awful starter, something pungent |
AMMONIA |
| Outstanding peer in Brussels? |
MANNEKENPIS |
| Philosophical approach, getting really ill before right email's gone off |
CRITICALREALISM |
| Pirate can't do this with mermaid, as some may ’ave said |
COUNTERFEIT |