| I am clothed, roughly following a set pattern |
METHODICAL |
| Keep nurturing this personal connecting link |
TENDON |
| Massage back, twisting leg with break in |
BURGLE |
| Noble fluff is a prelude to firing |
COUNTDOWN |
| Plump for a game of golf |
ROUND |
| Portrays maltreated peers in tears |
REPRESENTS |
| Publishing house boosting, for instance, fine Russian jewellery? |
FABERGE |
| Restrain dog beginning to bark |
CURB |
| Rows around river in these craft? |
LINERS |
| Scolds for letting rodents get in the hive |
BERATES |
| Slow coach could make Edward leave first |
DAWDLER |
| Spanish gooseberries? |
DUENNAS |
| Steering clear of a gap, can turn east |
AVOIDANCE |
| Such letters come by mail, presumably? |
CHAIN |
| The Orient learnt to change what should be unchangeable |
ETERNAL |
| Too soon, like the minority |
PREMATURE |