| A representative body |
DEPUTATION |
| A truce arranged for vicar's assistant |
CURATE |
| An example of extreme wear |
FRAYEDEDGE |
| Blunder, giving bribe with a pound note |
BUNGLE |
| Choke is left out |
STIFLE |
| Common complaint caught by the elderly |
COLD |
| Communiqué roughly pasted to front of church |
DESPATCH |
| Drawn and knotted |
TIED |
| Get even |
EQUALISE |
| He refuses to work for more pay, perhaps |
STRIKER |
| Instinct for money in the market |
FLAIR |
| It checks population growth |
CENSUS |
| Last, despite expectations |
AFTERALL |
| Leading frigate almost wrecked, debris seen |
FLOTSAM |