| 'Discretion is the . . . . . . part of valour' |
BETTER |
| A tenth of income given to church |
TITHE |
| Agreed, gave permission |
CONSENTED |
| Amen |
SOBEIT |
| Attributed, regarded as originated by |
ASCRIBED |
| Bales of expensive fur |
SABLE |
| Be silent in order to hear |
LISTEN |
| Blows up and out like volcano |
ERUPTS |
| Cocktail of champagne and orange juice |
BUCKSFIZZ |
| Colourful communists |
REDS |
| Curt and terse |
ABRUPT |
| Dead body, corpse |
CADAVER |
| Do better than, give great performance |
EXCEL |
| Fate, destiny |
KISMET |
| Fruit rack for Robin Hood's fat cleric |
FRIARTUCK |
| He goes over to the enemy |
DEFECTOR |
| Hinged barriers serving as entrances |
GATES |
| Hitler's secret police |
GESTAPO |