| Ancient battle Homer aptly set out with energy |
THERMOPYLAE |
| Armed soldiers encountered spanning river with railway |
MUSKETRY |
| Bonnie Prince Charlie's gory unrepented disaster |
YOUNGPRETENDER |
| Diarist looks furtively on sound recording |
PEPYS |
| Dislike area being clad in copper for country house |
CHATEAU |
| Employed, having a practical character |
APPLIED |
| English and the French halt during battle |
ELALAMEIN |
| Fight on through cut to side of eye |
PERSEVERE |
| Girl of 3, just beginning, some would say |
SUE |
| Government investigator given millions by friends in Arab state |
OMBUDSMAM |
| Guilty of betrayal, but ultimately ready to see sense |
TREASONABLE |
| Heading up towards road, mostly a main artery |
AORTA |
| Heard reassuring word of him or of her |
THEIR |
| Indispensable quality of perfume? |
ESSENCE |
| It's some achievement to confuse Clacton with Memphis |
ACCOMPLISHMENT |
