| ITSAYS | "Look you, here's your letter; this ___": Shakespeare |
| IWERE | "If _ ___ you..." (Here's my advice) |
| ENGLAND | "This earth, this realm, this ___" (Shakespeare) (7) |
| EPISTLE | Your pet lies are displayed in your letter! (7) |
| ENVELOP | To cover letter this requires note with shroud (7) |
| EXEPISTOLA | From (your) letter: a litteris (tuis) |
| SILHOUETTE | House of Lords is backing contents of your letter in outline (10) |
| WRITEME | "I'll await your letter!" |
| LEAFLET | A little bit of greenery found in your letter box? (7) |
| LIPREADER | He won't look you in the eye when you you speak to him (3-6) |
| BOTHWAYS | This is how the pedestrian should look - you can't have it like this |
| OPENAIR | Frank, with that look you won't find this inside (4,3) |
| STONYSTARE | Look you give the bank statement showing you're broke? (5,5) |
| CHANGEOFAIR | Different look you get when you're on holiday (6,2,3) |
| BLANK | That empty look you get when you deposit fifty at the bank |
| SHIHTZU | Turns up upstart gets final letter - this covers initial hostility from beastly sort (4,3) |
| MINDYOURPSANDQS | Watch what you say - your letters may cause offence (4,4,1'1,3,1'1) |
| RALPH | Perhaps reading all of the letters, this man would need help (5) |
| ACHRISTMASCAROL | Classic Dickens title (from whose 10 letters this puzzle was constructed) |
| ETHICS | Learnt from chain letters this is a study of moral philosophy (6) |
