| "... the masses in towns are, —, destitute of faith in the unseen" (Augustus Jessopp) |
ASARULE |
| "A — can't have an alibi for every minute of the day" (Graham Greene) |
GEEZER |
| A politician takes hours in Rome to find vessels |
AMPHORAE |
| Addict who explored murder as a fine art |
DEQUINCEY |
| Apprentice lived back with the printer |
DEVIL |
| Choosing to act like Dickens's Blues and Buffs |
ELECTING |
| Concealed, like Garnett's incentives |
ULTERIOR |
| Do you mean the unkennelling, untapezing, or the — of the fox?" (The Return from Parnassus) |
EARTHING |
| Dorsally challenged campanologist |
QUASIMODO |
| Drawing master helped depict white-clad character |
HARTRIGHT |
| Earthly paradise visited by Powell, Morris and Tannhaüser |
VENUSBERG |
| Esther's devious plotter of regicide |
TERESH |
| Figure of speech — last in the wordbook |
ZEUGMA |
| Juvenal, Elmore Leonard protagonist of 1987, was seen to — |
BEINTOUCH |
| Music on certified programme includes pieces starting in sonata form |
CONCERTI |