| Lack of approval for retreat |
NOOK |
| Margin adjustment required, if preparing for the fray |
ARMING |
| Nice sort of quarters for some relatives |
NIECES |
| Poor result — it's worn out |
ULSTER |
| Put on at finish of tug o'war game? |
PULLOVER |
| Putting on or in for it? |
APPLYING |
| Quarters for untethered black beast |
LOOSEBOX |
| Raw beginners for example, getting taken in by swindles |
ROOKIES |
| Red blind changed for patched multicoloured variety |
BRINDLED |
| Retreat from animal, behind a tree |
ASHRAM |
| Sapper receiving wound flinched |
RECOILED |
| Star turn, with personality — this girl! |
ASTRID |
| Tip-top composer to go on tour |
TRAVEL |
| Uncouth chap left — given the boot |
LOUT |
| Unsuitable term I'm withdrawing, amending sermon |
MISNOMER |
| Yield from just one pip, it's said |
CEDE |