| A bad person in charge holds me up at university? |
ACADEMIC |
| Apply to go up and down |
REFER |
| Boy, turning ten, always poetic as writer of verse |
SONNETEER |
| Cleaner to fix plant outside entrance to bathroom |
NAILBRUSH |
| Conservative on mission for mastery |
CONQUEST |
| Couple who wrote American novels? |
TWAIN |
| Farmer, an Argentinian who fought between rivers |
RANCHER |
| Holy figureheads transformed into Spartans |
patron saints |
| Joining a couple of hundred, accompanied by rebellious noises |
ACCESSION |
| Looked to have organ around church |
GLANCED |
| Marking zero — that's heartless! |
NOTING |
| Mechanic showing skill if joined by decorator |
ARTIFICER |