| One on head; excel |
CAP |
| Painful initiation |
BAPTISMOFFIRE |
| Paul ---, postimpressionist |
GAUGUIN |
| Sole seller |
MONOPOLY |
| Son's cousin |
NIECE |
| Spiteful ill-feeling |
RANCOUR |
| Temporarily-available tipple |
GUESTBEER |
| The Choral is Beethoven's |
NINTH |
| To rival |
EMULATE |
| Using tool to weed |
HOEING |
| Wastrel; The ---, Dr Johnson essays |
IDLER |
| Without airs and graces |
UNPRETENTIOUS |