| Rubbish poetry aches endlessly – that’s the long and the short of it | TROCHEE |
| Bungling pal fleeced by gold-digger in the end | AMATEUR |
| Front of blockade let down for liberal lord | LIEGE |
| Looking in mirror, see what wicked types may be up to | TIL |
| Carved item bound for synagogue possibly includes symbol different from cross | TOTEM |
| Once humans have died off, he’ll really push the envelope … | POSTMAN |
| … knocking around at nine hundred like Methuselah | ANCIENT |
| Comic character’s a friend of Batman and Superman? | ROBINGOODFELLOW |
| Head of airline’s very happy to drop off old fighter pilot | AVIATOR |
| One who fancies getting married, perhaps? | ADMIRER |
| Cooler’s nice and fiery wings discounted | ICIER |
| Hamburger’s good and natural | GUT |
| Unprofessionally laid down in the middle of pillow fight | LOWFI |
| Wolf impressed by home that’s most unlike a pig sty | NEATEST |
| Sister bandages injury at work, ultimately doing this? | NURSING |
