2: It's exciting, for example, holding a tongue (7)

5: Rambling tales are out of date (5)

7: Take a turn or a thousand dollars (3)

9: Prig had ma conceal midriff (9)

10: Three kernels of copper-yellow grain (3)

11: More than one garden veggie is spilling the beans, you say? (5)

12: Odysseus' first requirement - to catch you like Polyphemus? (3-4)

1: Tavern drink for the auditor, one with access to confidential information (7)

3: Author of Breathe Out, Lay Out, Going Out? (4,5)

4: In great trouble he doesnt appear appreciative (7)

6: Expert made to order in the world of scholarship (7)

8: Man sees bananas in a bunch (2,5)