American bum, say, with top-notch African weapon |
ASSEGAI |
Anomalous accent in which first letter's dropped |
ROGUE |
Antichristian breed embraced by Spanish saint |
SARACEN |
Apple, or purveyor thereof to teacher? |
PUPIL |
Bar's to bar drunken poets |
ESTOP |
Battered hat with blemish at a funny angle |
ATHWART |
Ceremonial soldier's electronic exploit in the drink |
BEEFEATER |
Dead river, or the merest trickle |
DRIBBLE |
Deny getting help to go up in estimation |
REPUDIATE |
Emerging with a whiff of sodium? |
NASCENT |
Flower absorbing source of metallic element |
GERMANIUM |
Furious at being born in mid-assault |
RABID |
Grass production reportedly preserved spirit |
TINDRUM |
Gun turned on North American star |
REGULUS |
Honour accorded to a king supplies cautionary signal |
AMBER |
I had earmarked the lady, as a Londoner might say, for cover |
EIDERDOWN |