1 Searching for a university teacher (10 letters)
2 A mime act has taken to the stage (9 letters)
3 An unpleasant insect, by the sound of it (7 letters)
4 An upholstered sofa (12 letters)
5 A bowler-in USA (5 letters)
6 Unfastened (5 letters)
7 Old penny is wobbly (9 letters)
8 Instruction for making a tart (8 letters)
9 Shows the way, we hear (5 letters)
10 … which made these! (7 letters)
11 Sounds like a Zombie (5 letters)
12 Sweetheart heading for pole? (10 letters)