| Oxford's current credit is cancelled in time of great difficulty |
ISIS |
| Pompous old rubbish and in German, too |
OROTUND |
| Possible voyage under the polar ice that's giving way |
SUBMISSION |
| Professionals exercise right to succeed |
PROSPER |
| Raised fabric which might have been woven to be a cord |
BROCADE |
| Reagan people put in for a grand politician |
REPUBLICAN |
| Regularly take repast |
EAT |
| Sailor good on virtue? Totally the opposite |
SINBAD |
| Sailor wrong to abandon stern twice in historic naval engagement |
SALAMIS |
| Sidecars, say — mark one going through Cheshire? |
COCKTAILSTICK |
| Something sweet, saucy and grand cooked up |
SUGARCANDY |
| Song top E's interrupted? |
LIED |
| Spoil is soil with a letter missing |
MAR |
| Support record amount piled in in-tray |
BACKLOG |
| What's locked away in Carisbrooke castle |
ROOK |
