| One with inclination to drop a bird |
IBIS |
| Overlook old partner, Rod, holding spades |
EXCUSE |
| Principle that is barely followed? |
NUDISM |
| Punish students in passage |
GATE |
| Retired toff, important historian |
GIBBON |
| Ridicule a good deal of wilder ideas |
DERIDE |
| Secretly devised material at end of letter |
DEEPLAID |
| Sing a carol wrongly? Find source of notes |
CORANGLAIS |
| Stratagem and skill shown by diplomat in charge |
TACTIC |
| Test I have for a reason |
MOTIVE |
| Useless quality in fellow heading water company? |
FUTILITY |
| Vain eccentric standing on promontory in novel |
IVANHOE |
| Without help, design handle with difficulty |
SINGLEHANDED |
