| A wife in one state or another |
MALAWI |
| Aromatic plant in perfect condition |
MINT |
| Basis of call girl's transport rejected with hesitation |
SUBSTRATUM |
| Boy rustic's strange inconspicuousness |
OBSCURITY |
| Carmen, possibly Latino, working satisfactorily? |
OPERATIONAL |
| Charmer switching two of Thorndike's characters |
SIBYL |
| Declaration of total number who like it hot? |
SOME |
| Declining to confess, holding something to write with |
SINKING |
| Delight English circle in Belgian province |
ENAMOUR |
| European oil spillage almost engulfing river |
SLAVONIC |
| Former pupils taking salt to part of UK |
ALUMNI |
| Gardening skill duke excluded from finest book |
TOPIARY |
| How piracy or villainy may be practised, somehow! (2,4,2,2,5) |
BYHOOKORBYCROOK |
| Immature weakling with a permanent way to secure money |
RUDIMENTARY |
| It may indicate a school for East Enders |
ARROW |