| 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 |