A bishop trapped by two men in tangled vegetation |
CHAPARRAL |
Ailment dispatching commanding officer? How awful! |
UGH |
Beginner abandons most demanding challenge |
EVEREST |
Carefully considering one’s options, unlike Charles the Fat, say? |
THINKING |
Catcher of worms, as the dodo was? |
early bird |
Children resulting from affair? |
ISSUE |
Coppers accepting a new punishment |
PENANCE |
Daughter in wig perhaps, having dropped an E? |
DRUGGED |
Drugs making you a prima donna? |
HEROINE |
Examined closely, as swordfish might be? |
GRILLED |
Goliath running wild, inspiring northern hatred |
LOATHING |
Head office exploiting position in Barbican perhaps |
housing estate |
Holy man in French island uprising |
ELI |
Lawgiver playing part in generalissimo’s escape |
MOSES |