A play on words |
PUN |
Alter or regulate |
ADJUST |
And the rest, in short |
ETC |
Assistance, help |
AID |
Ate sparingly to lose weight |
DIETED |
Banal, commonplace |
TRITE |
Band of colours in a rainbow |
SPECTRUM |
Beginning, starting point |
ORIGIN |
Bobbin, reel |
SPOOL |
Boil, with anger perhaps |
SEETHE |
Card suit and essential organs |
HEARTS |
Coming later in time |
AFTER |
Customary |
USUAL |
Despised |
DETESTED |
Effigies worshipped as gods |
IDOLS |
Equipment, device |
APPARATUS |
Game played with a shuttlecock |
BADMINTON |
Have confidence or faith in |
TRUST |