| A minor thoroughfare in France, say |
ABROAD |
| At this point, try to listen |
HERE |
| Bane, this, when drunk |
ABSINTHE |
| Bound to need back for brief period of extra time |
LEAPSECOND |
| Carry on with period |
WAGE |
| Chirpy little thing languishing with passion, we hear |
CICADA |
| Cleared up leaves, say, on a slope |
RAKED |
| Coming up, surface, speak, and vanish |
EVAPORATE |
| Computer controls people lacking character |
MICE |
| Envy finally gnaws at poet |
YEATS |
| Field where Spanish team fail to appear in second half |
REALM |
| Fluid I rated wet |
TIDEWATER |
| Girl who's got married out of spite |
ALICE |
| Go on at length, writing, say, from exile |
EXPATIATE |
| Have some whisky and invite censure |
TAKETOTASK |