| One of the distinguished people who try desperately |
WORTHY |
| One over fifty, diving in river, being forced to leave |
EXILE |
| Plays in what heat remains |
THEATRE |
| Proposition girl after end of ball |
LEMMA |
| Rob him with violence, to get diamonds |
RHOMBI |
| Servant attending a dance |
VALETA |
| Shortness of breath? Remedy said to be found in far East |
ASPHYXIA |
| Smoke rising, sad, timeless |
CIGAR |
| Source of arsenic, or allspice, mostly |
ORPIMENT |
| Study with window, perhaps, where old prisoners settled |
BOTANYBAY |
| Such an easy source of funds, with one pound left at first |
LIQUID |
| Tenor appears to be aimless |
DRIFT |
| Time to say one's piece |
NIGHT |
| Will he finish the order, thanks to one bank? |
TAILENDER |
| Wordsworth, for instance, ate purée a lot, all mashed up |
POETLAUREATE |