| Animal from Africa, from its centre, held up in error |
GIRAFFE |
| Dance till wrecked, dim but romantic? |
CANDLELIT |
| Daughter called back, making peremptory request |
DEMAND |
| Double act that's totally lifeless |
DODO |
| Dwell on aspect |
RESIDE |
| Everything I had put on page is colourless |
PALLID |
| First-class spinner plays in Asia, including Test cricket initially |
TOPNOTCH |
| Flexible in the mind, providing what's missing |
SUPPLEMENTAL |
| Lacking ability and dreadfully slow, per se |
POWERLESS |
| Manager installing single piece of office equipment |
COPIER |
| Match garment with front part of another |
VESTA |
| Mistakenly paroled, predator that's invariably spotted? |
LEOPARD |
| Obstruct from behind, erroneously |
HINDER |
| Old line included by villain, under pressure, in opening speech |
PROLOGUE |
