| 39 books were sufficient for an old Roman port |
OTRANTO |
| A Greek character twice identifying an Egyptian god |
ANUBIS |
| Bring round cruets — tea is prepared |
RESUSCITATE |
| Childhood friend taking coach to match |
SCHOOLMATE |
| Composer reportedly bitten by scoundrel's dog |
ROTTWEILER |
| Decorative lantern a Moor oddly misused |
ORNAMENTAL |
| Doubter takes a lot of flak for pinching mushroom |
SCEPTIC |
| Egg on soldiers making gunpowder ingredient |
NITRE |
| Girl enthralled by 007? |
BONDMAID |
| Girl in black perhaps secured husband |
GOTH |
| Given a turn, as a door handle may be? |
ALARMED |
| Good years regularly yielding flowing water |
ODER |
| Heroic tale the writer of Bonjour Tristesse left unfinished |
SAGA |
| It's drunk in a day, up to the time of a party |
AMONTILLADO |
| Lofty dwelling built by first of yachtsmen in lake |
EYRIE |
