| Joined together by heating |
WELDED |
| Limping water-bird, a government set to fall perhaps |
LAMEDUCK |
| Long-tailed, brilliantly coloured parrots |
MACAWS |
| Medieval forerunner of chemistry |
ALCHEMY |
| Minute life forms |
MICROBES |
| Pain in the neck, pest |
NUISANCE |
| Petition to a deity |
PRAYER |
| Shelter for doves |
COTE |
| Sign of the twins |
GEMINI |
| Skin disorder |
ACNE |
| The courage of a vessel? |
BOTTLE |
| Theatrical performer |
THESPIAN |
| They might live in Tel Aviv, say |
ISRAELIS |
| Travelling troubadour of old |
MINSTREL |
| Tubes to suck liquids |
STRAWS |
| Winged insects with brief lives, the angler's friends |
MAYFLIES |
