| 4 across |
HUFFY |
| A saucy skip |
CAPER |
| At last everything's such a comedown |
FALLS |
| Benjamin is about to be the one that makes the street wider (8)t |
BROADENS |
| Do the spadework; it's all on hand |
DIGITS |
| Draw the vessel from the south |
SKETCH |
| E following A for the goddess |
ATHENE |
| EX, perhaps, has had its food (5) |
EATEN |
| For the poet, the Subcontinent has begun its independence |
IND |
| Got right for the little bird to be the leader at last |
ENTITLED |
| Having had the knot taken out of it, might the nut die? |
UNTIED |
| Hurt at having had its tail docked? |
OFFENDED |
| Is one currently employed on a bus? |
CONDUCTOR |
| Is one employed on a bus or on a tee? |
DRIVER |
| It could be the heir that's such a soft father |
APPARENT |
| It's so beastly I am turning entirely |
LLAMA |
| It's worn |
ERODED |
| It's worn |
CLOTHING |