1: Unappealing environment for a snooze (3)
 3: Headless rodent left by bird (5)
 5: Rue loss of rare bird (5)
 6: Rascal and wuss taking week off (3)
 7: State fair without a tree (6,3)
 8: Drawing, for example, a bit of a cartoon (3)
 9: Black-out unhinged LuAnn (5)
 11: Erin's heir is hardly content (5)
 12: However, you expect trouble at first (3)