1: Notes spent in Germany (5)
2: Uninitiated stoop to finish (3)
3: A country, one said, in trouble (9)
4: Don't take time out (5)
5: Take Chair in university (3)
9: Have misgivings (not half!) about making this gesture? (1-4)
10: Tender translator of runes (5)
11: Neil lost a letter and ended up with nothing (3)
12: Compete with life in France (3)