| Have a go at sanctimonious person in meeting |
TRYST |
| In comedically macabre head this is 'pining for the fjords' |
HOMESICKNESS |
| Instruction to let it stand or sit bent oddly |
STET |
| Meagre fifty in Liberal Party |
PALTRY |
| Not so many denying feminine side? That could hold water |
EWER |
| One's claim to be pure and delicate becomes boastful |
IMMODEST |
| Pawnshop 'pottery pieces' are china |
OPPO |
| Pumpernickel the basis of Rhenish soup? |
BROTH |
| Radical view embraced by right wing of Conservatives and Labour left gets spin |
SWIVEL |
| Rancorous cacophony of reeds and timpani or tripe sideman played |
MEANSPIRITED |
| Round of halves initially stopping drunken spree |
SPHERE |
| Salutary plunge rippling deepish pond's surface |
SHEEPDIP |
| Setter disregarding time off in short |
TERSE |
| Turkey omitted from 'to die for' dish for gastronome |
FOODIE |
| Unwelcome bedfellow rumoured to be otherwise |
KNOTWEED |
| Young girl the French get crazy about |
DAMSEL |