| Fully alert — but dribbling? |
ONTHEBALL |
| Giraffe causing havoc in palace dorm |
CAMELOPARD |
| Grey, like hairy fringes |
ASHY |
| Incentive to retire the curse of Midas? |
GOLDENHANDSHAKE |
| Lacking a coastline, as is the sultanate in Romania? |
LANDLOCKED |
| Line in message that's seedy |
FLAX |
| One's musical ear, say? |
ORGAN |
| Ordinal happening in English on a regular basis |
ELEVENTH |
| Readers put off vanishing acts |
DEPARTURES |
| Two promises, one's offensive |
SWEARWORD |
| Victorian author, old twit |
BOZO |
| Working to bring leaders to visit European ministers |
FRONTBENCH |
| Young crab? |
NIPPER |
| Young lady who's hot in a fur coat? |
SEXKITTEN |
