| THEPLOTTHICKENS | 'This bed's horrid', says Violet Elizabeth, as story intensifies (3,4,8) |
| ABBESS | Rating little Elizabeth as a superior officer |
| TAN | Confused ant follows Elizabeth as Xin Proctor in Corrie (3) |
| RAISESTHESTAKES | Intensifies things |
| SICKENING | Vile Violet Elizabeth couldn't distinguish this from cornflour, say (9) |
| YOUTHFUL | As Violet Elizabeth Bott would say, it's of benefit to be young (8) |
| MYCUPRUNNETHOVER | 'I'm more than pleased' said Violet Elizabeth, 'but no Wembley this year' |
| COT | As this bed was needed, of course (3) |
| RAIL | Shout abuse as story-teller gets up (4) |
| SUNTORY | No direction seen as story is about awareness. (7) |
| ELATE | Cheer as story is rejected by Head of Ethics (5) |
| ANECDOTAL | Tale can do with alteration as story (9) |
| PASTTENSE | Finished anxious, as story is told (4,5) |
| UNTOLD | Boundless, as story no one's heard? (6) |
| MYCUPRUNNETH | "I'm more than pleased" said Violet Elizabeth, "but no Wembley this year" (2,3,7,4) |
| THONG | You'll hear it if Violet Elizabeth has a thing for undergarment |
| SWEETWILLIAM | Plant description Violet Elizabeth wouldn't have recognised? |
| CROMPTON | Richmal ?, author of stories featuring William Brown and Violet Elizabeth Bott (8) |
| BOTT | Violet Elizabeth ?, character in the Just William stories by Richmal Crompton |
| EIGHTIETH | Violet Elizabeth reading out last three pieces from Keats for anniversary? |
