2: In favor of echoing game call (3)
3: Dry out. Heated? Dry out (9)
4: Slightest tales are twisted (5)
5: Sex and dope are wrong, it's revealed (7)
6: It's exciting, for example, holding a tongue (7)
9: German painter in a southern state (5)
12: Reportedly is nostalgic for wife (3)