1: Note vehicle in picture puzzle (5)
2: Acid destroyed brace (5)
3: Difficult newspaper or novel (4,5)
4: Draw a stomach uprising (3)
5: Choose to take the top off (3)
9: There is no commoner old coin (5)
10: Same as Edward, partly comforted (5)
11: What's left when you burn the tree (3)
12: Without it, set call for recompense (3)