| A line's told to charge |
ACCUSE |
| A series of clues affording progress |
ASCENT |
| A social event of signal quality |
RECEPTION |
| Able to take the heat, following one reprimand? |
FIREPROOF |
| Act of rudeness, rejecting food at teatime |
SNUB |
| Answer objection in subsequent comeback |
REBUTTAL |
| Direction if pursued likely to make an impact |
COLLISIONCOURSE |
| Expecting whale to blow here? |
UPTHESPOUT |
| Get out more, having gained a little weight |
EXTRACT |
| I gave Solomon materials for Temple - employ 'em soundly |
HIRAM |
| I shall follow Friar Tuck |
FRILL |
| Liqueur gets one Bronte sister into trouble |
MIRABELLE |
| Master arrested seaman - top removed for application of lashes |
MASCARA |
| Musical group's grave expression, joining one opera company |
RIPIENO |
| Not absurd to be left on desert island |
RATIONAL |
