| Lament extinct, mountain-dwelling bird |
BEMOAN |
| Less extreme novel? Editor pushes the boat out |
WATEREDDOWN |
| One may invite the press to function - not back to bar |
BUTTON |
| One taking in some illegal activity |
THIEF |
| Perhaps reading in Tyndale's translation with enthusiasm |
ARDENTLY |
| Poetic Indian greeting, a prelude to activity - what's funny in that? |
HIAWATHA |
| Rising, about to occupy a post with soldier |
ASCENDANT |
| Start on plonk during Sunday, drunk by six, given this? |
VINDUPAYS |
| Supporting bar, I built up energy with new drug |
IBUPROFEN |
| Took action, calling in the engineers, or was vacillating? |
DITHERED |
| Vessel turned up laden with gold in island republic |
NAURU |
| When heavy metal hits began? |
IRONAGE |
| Where parallels may be drawn with a meeting, apparently |
VANISHINGPOINT |
| Winger scored goal, not centre, curling to back of net |
GOLDCREST |
| Wrongly-spelt noun one's found in agreement |
UNISON |