| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Am lifting well-boring plant, ancient garden annual | MARIGOLD |
| Appoint a second operator, perhaps | ASSIGN |
| Bento full — with this in it? | TOFU |
| Card game Jack's leading — no pressure | JOKER |
| Chap in great trouble having to catch European bird | PAINTEDSNIPE |
| Critical speech revealed by microphone below boom? | POLEMIC |
| Damage to include a length of old coastal defence | MARTELLO |
| Do wrong breaking into reserved wine | SHERRY |
| Excellent price reported for imported ice cream | KULFI |
| First light never begins for blind | AWNING |
| French lake — it has fish taken all over for scientific examination | PRACTICAL |
| Giordano's composed in a rather overblown style | GRANDIOSO |
| Hard cutting tragic role for operetta composer | LEHAR |
| Hearing sound of bell on puss | CATCHING |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Hymn referred to as old, end-of-the-century? | HUNDREDTH |
| Levy on departures, hence taxi and train are badly used | INHERITANCETAX |
| Make figures half responsible for blocking street | SCULPT |
| Mother alarmed when shunted about in jam | MARMALADE |
| Number of runs acquired by the English | THREE |
| Ought the Queen note somebody on which her sword rests? | SHOULDERBONE |
| Reckon wrongly and nearly omit to come to a conclusion | MISJUDGE |
| Rubbish cut by editor — he's beginning to be very good | REDHOT |
| Sadist's outside with strong desire for pain | STITCH |
| Son gets on with everything except gym kit | WALLBARS |
| Standard choice of starters on naff menu | NORM |
| Throw away fish savoury item | DUMPLING |
| Unproductive anger follows set going wrong | STERILE |
| Where the Pope may be wrong as to Golden Calf? | CASTELGANDOLFO |
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