| Perfect finish |
COMPLETE |
| Piece of chicken for battering |
DRUMSTICK |
| Points to a top-class manuscript |
AIMS |
| Possibly stage one in the development of civilisation |
STONEAGE |
| Question one about point that's not straightforward |
ASKANCE |
| Recovery results in delight round the City |
RECAPTURE |
| Relish a difficult situation |
PICKLE |
| Ring for support after shipwreck |
LIFEBELT |
| She was a copper, once, in Bombay |
ANNA |
| Surrounded by dirt, a number look disgusted |
GRIMACE |
| Take off - though also used for landing |
STRIP |
| Thanks to foreigners, a bit of old England |
MERCIA |
| They go under water and come up glossy |
KEELS |
| What a horse trainer does is to check any vices |
BREAKSIN |
