| In recent times |
LATELY |
| Intense enthusiasm |
ZEAL |
| Irish county |
KERRY |
| Job to be done |
TASK |
| Lessening |
REDUCTION |
| Offshoot |
BRANCH |
| Reception in one's own abode |
ATHOME |
| Resolute |
STEADFAST |
| Sloping surface or edge |
BEVEL |
| Submerge in liquid |
DUNK |
| Swish — lustre (anag) |
RUSTLE |
| Timber — trade |
DEAL |
| Turkey's highest mountain |
ARARAT |
| Underdone |
RARE |
