| Assassin executed American poet |
HITMAN |
| Book author pronounced more intelligent |
BRIGHTER |
| Boy with fishing gear, more than a dozen lines |
SONNET |
| Caught like a star, one having many adventures |
CASANOVA |
| Crucial encounter, later sorted out in court |
WATERLOO |
| Damage in house, extremely bad |
HEINOUS |
| Dramatic work, high point for one working in theatre |
OPERATOR |
| Drink that lately is going to one's head |
NIGHTCAP |
| Editor brought in to criticise essay for dogmatism |
PEDANTRY |
| Follower of rigid course from stern on ship |
HARDLINER |
| Found his stable ruined |
ESTABLISH |
| Friar's dance � pupils scoff at it |
TUCKSHOP |
| He misrepresents another tax on gold |
IMPOSTOR |
| Heartlessly tricky clue? That's right |
TRUE |
| Insect hidden in ordinary kind of banana |
PLANTAIN |
