| Leaders of the Soviets assassinated Russian ruler |
TSAR |
| Lie at anchor in the Hebrides |
RIDE |
| Lose one's rag, keeping time as directed |
STEERED |
| Money paid as pit's about to close |
STIPEND |
| Nice lake enclosed by rural labourer |
PLEASANT |
| One doesn't eat more quickly |
FASTER |
| One should be engaged in diplomacy, it's implied |
TACIT |
| Page penned by French author in college grounds |
CAMPUS |
| Players below par no longer wanted |
cast off |
| Set up European missile business |
TRADE |
| Some dancing bobbins |
REELS |
| Storytellers prepared to run races |
RACONTEURS |
| Unappetising food, for example, little girl's rejected |
STODGE |
