Pedantically find fault |
NITPICK |
Persian provincial governor |
SATRAP |
Person interested in winning prizes |
POTHUNTER |
Police officer |
INSPECTOR |
Problem solving using an indirect approach |
lateral thinking |
Pure-bred descent |
PEDIGREE |
Put right a false impression |
set the record straight |
RAF WW2 fighter |
SPITFIRE |
Refrain from doing something |
FORBEAR |
Remove impurities from |
REFINE |
Repetition |
ITERATION |
Return to a former state |
REGRESS |
River joining the Thames at Reading |
KENNET |
Scottish Highland resort and port |
NAIRN |
SI unit of power |
WATT |
Simple boat |
CANOE |
Special right |
PRIVILEGE |
St Columba's isle |
IONA |
Strike; pulsate |
BEAT |
Strong thread or string |
TWINE |
Suffering nausea on board |
SEASICK |
Surrender |
CAPITULATE |
Temporarily halt |
SUSPEND |
Three-hulled vessel |
TRIMARAN |
Traffic jam |
snarl-up |
Unable to believe something |
INCREDULOUS |
Unchanging |
CONSTANT |
Unnecessary ornament |
FRIPPERY |
Violation of something sacred |
SACRILEGE |
Without a fair chance of success |
out of the running |
Worthy of favourable treatment |
DESERVING |