| Obscure, cryptic code written without silent letters or duplicates |
RECONDITE |
| Privately, the way one would expect at first |
ASIDE |
| Produce note to burn |
SINGE |
| RE prep's tricky to follow as written from right to left |
SAPPERS |
| Refreshment tent out of teas, I hear, after rector and wife got stuck into brew of ale |
RENEWAL |
| Return item of value found round outskirts of Rome -- a bit of mosaic |
TESSERA |
| Sheep's horn may be something deployed in defence |
RAMPART |
| Shut up relative at the back of tower |
KEEPMUM |
| Strong drink said to be like grass, uneven |
TUFTY |
| Stuffed with soft bread (ends cut off) and raising agent? |
FULCRUM |
| Toto in picture's a little tearjearker |
SHALLOT |
| UN secretary-general in a panto version? |
TOPBANANA |
| Uranium shown in former imperial measure |
OUNCE |
| Wacky fanzine about Leeds United forwards that's spread virally |
INFLUENZA |
| Wicked cast in a new production |
SATANIC |
| With complete control all round, treat opponent thus? |
OVERWHELM |
