| Affectionate type meeting assailant in secret |
HUGGERMUGGER |
| Beetle, for example, giving East End bloke a turn? |
IMAGO |
| Bird originally nesting under roofing material |
NUTHATCH |
| British novelist in charge of port? |
BUTLER |
| Christian, say, can always sustain character overseas |
MUTINEER |
| Church has inclination to go in for purge |
CLEANSE |
| Course in Holy Writ upset Herod at first |
ANTIPASTO |
| Cry of praise from house physician finally touring hospital area |
HOSANNA |
| Enthusiast welcoming monarch in China? |
FRIEND |
| Gift more than one of 16 took to Tahiti? |
BOUNTY |
| Got a whiff of 23 |
SMELT |
| Impress leader of group supported by 12 |
GRAB |
| It's very monotonous and said to be bad for one's shoes |
SOULDESTROYING |
| Legal appointee's without ploys reportedly involving old currency |
EXECUTRIX |