| NONVERBAL | "No" addressed to a Frenchman by sort of brave learner is delivered entirely in gestures (3-6) |
| VERBAL | Word of honour made by frightfully brave learner with shrink (6,8) |
| CONTRACT | Word of honour made by frightfully brave learner with shrink (6,8) |
| MAILORDER | Way to shop by sort of train that may be standing at Bank |
| HYDRANGEA | Flowering shrub in garden may be surrounded by sort of hay (9) |
| EGREGIOUS | Say nothing adopted by sort of professor is outrageous |
| HUMDINGER | Frenchman enthralled by sort of hired gun, excellent type (9) |
| IRRITABLE | Short flap secured by sort of light needle |
| EMBARRASS | Humiliate Frenchman by Hebridean island boarding English ship (9) |
| DESPERATE | Do-or-die, or of brave style (9) |
| NONPLUS | No to a Frenchman in addition to being in a state of surprise (7) |
| YOURSSINCERELY | Traditional way to sign off a letter or other correspondence when it is addressed to a named individual (5,9) |
| DIDDUMS | What expression of commiseration addressed to a child and jocularly to an adult entered the language in the late 1800s? (7) |
| UPONESSTREET | A person's bag found in hike round loch, by sort of junction beyond tree |
| ODE | What is a lyric poem, usually addressed to a particular subject? (3) |
| INTHEWAY | Hindering progress by sort of making article more specific (2,3,3) |
| THEORIST | Men taken in by sort of believer who might be looking for proof? |
| INTREPID | Bit of effort in restoration of print leads to identity of brave (8) |
| PUTTORIGHTS | Correct place found by sort essentially in close-fitting wear (3,2,6) |
| LETTER | A written message addressed to a person (6) |
