| Nottinghamshire's opener on course to be complete dud |
NONSTARTER |
| Pains travelling length of backbone |
SPINAL |
| Pretty fine plate |
FETCHING |
| Refreshment at regular intervals during the day |
TEA |
| Regulation requiring one to carry guns |
ORDINANCE |
| Retrograde sequence of approximately one dozen signs |
ZODIAC |
| Return of first of services, badly placed, gives one the game |
TENNIS |
| Scrub out old witticism written on sides of garage |
EXPUNGE |
| Shakiest point of long poem with short introduction |
EPICENTRE |
| Show increasing interest in picking up a bunch of sailors |
ACCRUE |
| Suspended a Turkish male worker |
ABEYANT |
| They finally opt for rendering which is literal, perhaps |
TYPO |
| They want wives to become houris periodically |
SUITORS |
| Tickle or hug girl, such a classic figure |
HOURGLASS |
| Woman starts to take interest in raw material of DNA |
NUCLEOTIDE |