1: Start reducing salt? (3)

3: Wooded hillock forming part of Arthur's territory (5)

5: Fill-in professional almost rewrote the column (5)

6: Looks like an eyesore, sounds like an eyesore (3)

7: This is truncated, or the end's off (9)

9: Walesa still embodies how Nobel Laureates soar? (3)

10: ... but go oil crazy in snow house (5)

11: Strap, though short, has hanger's heart (5)

12: Child, bask by the sound (3)

1: Stories least translated (5)

2: Judges playing conkers? (7)

3: Poor man's right to make powerless (9)

4: Attempt test (3)

6: Records that could be hits (7)

8: Road leading into dismal swamp (5)

9: Inflexible yet adjusted (3)