| Ability acquired by training |
SKILL |
| Amalgamated |
MERGED |
| Be adamant |
INSIST |
| Buttock muscle |
GLUTEUS |
| Cancer or Capricorn |
TROPIC |
| Castrated male chicken |
CAPON |
| Common currency unit |
EURO |
| Covered entrance to a building |
PORTICO |
| Flies, fleas etc |
INSECTS |
| Frighteningly odd |
EERIE |
| Impoverished |
NEEDY |
| Incendiarism |
ARSON |
| Made retrospectively valid |
BACKDATED |
