Maritime |
NAUTICAL |
Microscopic creature |
ANIMALCULE |
Miraculous, magical |
SUPERNATURAL |
Name (of a book, etc) |
TITLE |
Novel by Joseph Conrad |
NOSTROMO |
Oil used in mixing paints |
TURPENTINE |
Oliver —, Dickens character |
TWIST |
One from the affluent part of a city |
UPTOWNER |
One who is averse to change |
TRADITIONALIST |
One who talks senselessly; the barrel (anagram) |
BLATHERER |
Part of a wooden joint |
TENON |
Periodical bulletin |
NEWSLETTER |
Place where something began |
BIRTHPLACE |
Plug |
STOPPER |
Relaxed and far from hasty quality |
LEISURELINESS |
Reporter |
news hound |
Reserve judgement until it happens |
wait and see |
Rich and luxurious |
OPULENT |
Sheets and blankets |
BEDCLOTHES |
Slice (of bacon) |
RASHER |
State of calmness |
QUIETUDE |
Such as a frog or newt |
AMPHIBIAN |
The wearing of disguise |
MASQUERADE |
Tiny trace or amount |
SCINTILLA |
Total |
ABSOLUTE |
Type of washing machine |
twin-tub |
Unsettle |
DISQUIETEN |
Valued through longevity |
time-honoured |
Valve in a brass instrument |
PISTON |
Wading bird |
SANDPIPER |