| Job for recipient of one's distressing attentions |
COMFORTER |
| Love may separate Thomas from this vain person |
PEACOCK |
| Old Nick's address - and here he is! |
TALKOFTHEDEVIL |
| Plant identified by Cockney writer of Latin Odes, say? |
ORRIS |
| Possibly Oxford's external protector? |
OVERSHOE |
| Prudishness of farmer finally entering breeding area |
PRIGGERY |
| Roam aimlessly around an Indo-European river |
MEANDER |
| Run into road hazard, firing through this |
PORTHOLE |
| Slightly mad, like a prison officer? |
SCREWY |
| Snake keeping general out? |
ASLEEP |
| Struggle to get metalworker across lake |
FLOUNDER |
| Surround expedition leader with new navigational aid |
ENCOMPASS |
| Temporarily debar South American writer's daughter |
SUSPEND |
| Trim tree with needle-like leaves |
SPRUCE |
| Warship given means of access after a day |
FRIGATE |