| Live creature consuming hot sauce |
BECHAMEL |
| Mates who turn nasty, to some extent |
SOMEWHAT |
| Most intelligent breed of dog, one abandoned on street |
SHARPEST |
| One recommended for position here briefly needs support |
PRESENTEE |
| Only attractive spot in Sahara, for a start |
OASIS |
| Revolutionary painter? |
TURNER |
| Sea creature spread out, with head tucked behind tail |
MANATEE |
| She oversaw justice in the novel Hard Times |
THEMIS |
| Show me being pierced by a sharp point |
MATINEE |
| Slimmer put off swallowing one |
DIETER |
| Small creature crushed by enormous elephant |
MOUSE |
| Spirit shown by a discriminating type |
AGEIST |
| Struggling team's changed, having secured lustreless victory? |
GAMESETANDMATCH |
| Talent shown time after time in play |
TOTTY |
| What Orsino wanted of music? Nothing in it, for the Greeks |
EXCESS |