| Musical composition a strain, too baroque? |
TRIO |
| No change with this, as bird beset by plague |
BANKNOTE |
| Not exactly like that, rise to one's feet at every entrance |
SORTOF |
| Notable cat reclining on rug |
BIGWIG |
| One of two in Buenos Aires toasting a bloomer? |
TANGOIST |
| One's paid to take out another two nitwits with it |
ASSASSIN |
| Rising star, Shakespeare's local flower |
AVON |
| See 17 |
WITHATROWEL |
| See 7 |
SONATA |
| Stab, an injection |
SHOT |
| Still excited? |
BREATHLESS |
| Trespass where Canadian voters had faith, when short of gold |
INTRUDE |
| What to do with mortar, so flatter to a great extent? (3,2,2,4,1,6) |
LAYITON |