| Boisterous fun evokes the sound of arrogant curse |
HIJINKS |
| Caterpillar perhaps right in the middle of rock |
LARVA |
| Converts are able to develop |
ELABORATE |
| Coping with American traffic after I left island |
BALUSTRADE |
| Deserter - an airman, say |
APOSTATE |
| Dessert gobbled up by the whole class |
STRATUM |
| Dismal and dolichocephalic? |
LONGFACED |
| Dubious character, part of a rhyme, and of a film they cobbled together (5,5,2,3,6) |
BLACKSHEEPOFTHEFAMILY |
| Early on, Prince of Wales shot pheasants |
PEAFOWLS |
| Extra note slipped into song - a thing we detest |
ANATHEMA |
| Exuberant drumbeat with cheerful sound |
FLAMBOYANT |
| Finished unwrapping secret |
OVER |
| First off, encounter moving piece of music |
NOCTURNE |
| Fragrance of rose in the past overwhelming the French |
REDOLENCE |
| Game involving clubs supported by Rudolf |
CHESS |
| Girl thought like Queen Victoria |
UNAMUSED |
| Hannibal's new stand |
LECTERN |
| He's put rings round honesty |
UPRIGHTNESS |
| Helps to show where saint was born, shortly before saint returned |
ASSISTS |
| Human failing in book |
NAHUM |
| I'm brought in to produce loud music, and delay things |
PLAYFORTIME |
| Illicit payment for 24 |
KICKBACK |
| Inducement given to firm to behave aggressively |
COMEONSTRONG |
| Journalists endlessly spread rumours round about slump |
DEPRESSION |
| King's favourite's returned to Orpington, perhaps |
STEPHEN |
| Leave stint unfinished, that's the truth |
GOSPEL |
| Lucerne area twice visited by leaders of alien life form |
ALFALFA |
| Musical version of Twelve Angry Men? |
TRIALBYJURY |
| Not where to hold the baton? I've got this all mixed up (3,5,3,2,3,5) |
THEWRONGENDOFTHESTICK |
