| Ineptly harm one's own interests (5,7,2,3,4) |
SHOOTONESELFINTHEFOOT |
| Insert between (book) pages |
INTERLEAVE |
| Large cask |
HOGSHEAD |
| Large marine decapod |
LOBSTER |
| Living together |
COHABITATION |
| Make over (property to another) |
TRANSFER |
| Making (something) worse |
EXACERBATION |
| Maternally protective |
MOTHERLY |
| One assuming false identity |
IMPOSTOR |
| One studying ores |
MINERALOGIST |
| Orderly, neat |
SHIPSHAPE |
| Pastry-making utensil |
ROLLINGPIN |
| Period (of effort) |
PERTH |
| Pierre-Simon -, Fr. mathematician, astronomer |
LAPLACE |
| Political supporter's ribbon |
ROSETTE |
| René -, Surrealist painter |
MAGRITTE |
| Repugnant behaviour |
NASTINESS |
| Rope to catch cattle |
BURST |
| Scandinavian capital |
OSLO |
| Severe suffering |
TORMENT |
| Severely restricted |
OVERTHEMOON |
| Shrewd |
CANNY |
| Small domestic fowl |
BANTAM |
| Social condescension |
SNOBBERY |
| Standing water pipe |
HYDRANT |
| Taking part in athletic event |
SHOTPUTTING |
| The C 9 king of West Saxons |
EGBERT |
| The Lost Chord composer |
SULLIVAN |
