| Audience virtually transfixed by conjuror's first trick |
HOCUS |
| Bishop needs space - one's often fitted in a cupboard |
BROOM |
| By degrees, getting inside container |
BASIN |
| Crazy about Handel, in first place I put Messiah |
MAHDI |
| Exchange of returned prisoners |
SWOP |
| Exercises to restrain onset of flab - I don't want that back |
KEEPFIT |
| Feminine branch of study led by woman, one of steely reputation |
SHEFFIELD |
| Following closely, not a yard behind? |
BACKTOBACK |
| Guarantee value of ring on finger |
INDEXLINK |
| Hurried reaction from pet, say, led to fall |
CATALYSED |
| Keep attacking in speech that gets no reaction |
RADON |
| Leaving area, queen travels up country |
NIGER |
| Lines of disavowal from fence - there's no substitute for it |
PALINODES |
| Look closely, regularly holding old coin by edge: it's a noble |
PEEROFTHEREALM |
| Love eating porridge |
OATMEAL |
