| CLIFFHANGER | Like one abseiling down Beachy Head, it leaves the reader in suspense (11) |
| MYSTERY | Suspenseful novel that keeps the reader in the dark until the very end |
| GEFRENS | It is a fringe-like head decoration worn at the back of the head. It was fashionable among women in the second half of the 15th century. |
| PHRYGIAN | It is a soft felt or wool conical headdress fitting closely around the head. It is characterized by a pointed crown that curls forward. It originated in an ancient country in Anatolia that gave it its |
| TURBAN | This headgear consists of a length of fabric wound around the head. It originated in the Old World, although Native Americans also originated a form. European men wore them for a time in the 14th cent |
| CAVY | It leaves the cavity to get the rodent (4) |
| ORBS | Leads off round Britain soon, in circles. It leaves the tracks (4) |
| BEERS | With Parke out of barkeepers reorganisation it leaves the common drinks (5) |
| RISE | Something a pellet never does when it leaves the barrel (4) |
| LAY | It leaves the laity with a narrative song (3) |
| TENGALLONHAT | Figure has eight pints and it goes to his head - it puts those out west in the shade (3-6,3) |
| WAITOMO | District in the North Island known for its caving, abseiling and glow worm caves (7) |
| CROWN | Off the top of one's head, it was five bob (5) |
| ARRESTED | Stopped novel reader in street? Quite the opposite (8) |
| NAVIGATOR | Map reader in van reverses in front of alligator that has everything to lose (9) |
| LECTOR | Court, in an unusual role, appointed reader in a college (6) |
| OFFAL | Tail off, it leaves the waste products (5) |
| AORTA | It leaves the left ventricle |
| SLING | A support for carrying a baby close to the parent or carer's body; a type of catapult; or, a type of rope used as an anchor in abseiling and climbing (5) |
| CAP | Whether on the top of a bottle, jamjar, mushroom, pen or one's head, it is a type of lid (3) |
