| A founder twin of Rome |
ROMULUS |
| Amorous |
EROTIC |
| Available as another possibility |
ALTERNATIVE |
| Beaten path |
TRAIL |
| Bird expert |
ORNITHOLOGIST |
| Cheap place to stay |
HOSTEL |
| Close call |
NEARTHING |
| Court decision |
RULING |
| Current situation |
STATEOFPLAY |
| Deep feeling quality |
SOULFULNESS |
| Denis —, former England cricketer |
COMPTON |
| Disease of joints |
ARTHRITIS |
| Dish not on regular menu |
SPECIAL |
| Drew a grotesque picture of |
CARICATURED |
| Energy, physical strength |
VIGOUR |
| Escaping (tax/duty) |
EVADING |
| Irish playwright (The Rivals) |
SHERIDAN |
| Italian city |
RAVENNA |
| Large-leaved plant |
GUNNERA |
| Ledge under choir stall seat |
MISERICORD |
| Limiting (a supply) |
RATIONING |
| Longest side of right-angled triangle |
HYPOTENUSE |
| Mailed |
POSTED |
| Memory-jogger |
REMINDER |
| Money for captive |
RANSOM |
| Monkey puzzle tree |
CHILEANPINE |
| Mountains of Western Russia |
URALS |
| Norwegian prince in Hamlet |
FORTINBRAS |
| Notably |
SIGNALLY |
| On the throne |
REGNANT |