| Lake in Maine, centre for crew |
MERE |
| Liking to write and sing |
PENCHANT |
| Male cat, black, in vault |
TOMB |
| Not included in special edition |
EXTRA |
| Pale-lilac object found among seaweed |
LAVENDER |
| Pirate's reportedly crude song |
CORSAIR |
| Poison a drink brought over in bottle at the end |
ATROPINE |
| Reflective attitude adopted by a Greek writer |
AESOP |
| Royal Engineers go and come back |
RETURN |
| Rush job |
CAREER |
| Showing a profit in mine mostly causes a state of shock |
STUPOR |
| Staple in retirement, firm fish |
PILCHARD |
| Substitute Dopey, initially, for Bashful? |
RESERVED |
| US writer to attempt verse |
POETRY |
| Women excluded from golf club side |
EDGE |