| Best possible |
OPTIMAL |
| Branching out from a common centre |
RADIAL |
| Chronic sleeplessness |
INSOMNIA |
| Climbed |
SCALED |
| Coarse and ill-mannered |
BOORISH |
| Device for cutting food into small cubes |
DICER |
| Dine at home |
EATIN |
| Drum used in jazz bands |
TOMTOM |
| Flabbergasted |
AMAZED |
| French post-impressionist painter |
CEZANNE |
| Fuse |
COALESCE |
| Greenery |
VERDURE |
| Hardy's other half |
LAUREL |
