| A reason for being stranded |
AGROUND |
| Attempt at an instrument of torture by ingenious devices |
GADGETRY |
| Bad weather, but batting twice in charity |
RAINING |
| Capital supporter for chief and others |
HEADREST |
| Company without garb for bandit |
BRIGAND |
| Cutting amusement |
SKIPPING |
| Elegant tree |
SPRUCE |
| Flying manoeuvre left in implement for means of escape |
LOOPHOLE |
| For floating voters, tried hard |
STROVE |
| Friends retreat before the line recklessly |
SLAPDASH |
| Hard workers for place without capital |
ANTS |
| Homer forms half of this collection of literature |
CORPUS |
| If islander loses crop, it will mean rise of shepherd |
CORSICAN |
| Insolent as little devil almost removed without study |
IMPUDENT |
| It is tiny place, but I am the landlord we hear |
EYELET |
| Leave out the thing following an award |
OMIT |
