| Insincere praise |
FLATTERY |
| Judged the worth of something |
ASSESSED |
| Levelling a charge against |
ACCUSING |
| List Gran awkwardly for the bird |
STARLING |
| Magnanimity, munificence |
LARGESSE |
| Merrymaker |
REVELLER |
| Pays jam poorly to wear them |
PYJAMAS |
| Performs, surgery perhaps |
OPERATES |
| Postmortem examination |
AUTOPSY |
| Principal actor in a film |
STAR |
| Recess in a room or wall |
ALCOVE |
| Terribly sad and distressing |
TRAGIC |
| They assume power illegally |
USURPERS |
| Twigs or thin branches |
STICKS |
| Upset or stirred up |
AGITATED |
| Weary and exhausted |
HAGGARD |