| A clue Ben concocted about part of speech impossible to deliver |
UNPRONOUNCEABLE |
| Appropriate use of premises |
SYLLOGISM |
| Arouse love in island maiden, then leave without one |
IMPASSION |
| Bounce and bump off, say, downhill racer |
BOBSLEIGH |
| Change in store, initially, at sea |
AFLOAT |
| Choice of ends in tennis court? That's kind |
SORT |
| Complaint as I lament article being misplaced |
AILMENT |
| Defender worked hard in inconspicuous position |
BACKGROUND |
| Dispute with bird in short story |
CONTRAVENE |
| Having to get it, I need bar badly? |
INEBRIATED |
| In competition, miss shot from short distance away |
CLOSEUP |
| Incompetently ruins Schubert's pieces |
BUTCHERS |
| It's crazily included in Finnegan's Wake — perhaps too crazily |
APOSTROPHE |
| It's raised when cooked, ie sent up |
SATIRISED |
| Its contents are bound to be sold |
BOOKSHOP |