| Lacking company, solitary |
ALONE |
| Large bottle, often in wicker case |
DEMIJOHN |
| Level of proficiency in judo |
DAN |
| Moved sideways to avoid, say missile |
DODGED |
| Natural impulse governing behaviour |
INSTINCT |
| Old tool for threshing grain |
FLAIL |
| Open and unconcealed |
OVERT |
| Outer segment of a bird's wing |
PINION |
| Person who deserts and joins the enemy |
DEFECTOR |
| Scarcity of thread |
DEARTH |
| Scientist who studies plants |
BOTANIST |
| Seed of the oak |
ACORN |
| So maim with tropical shrub bearing fragrant flowers |
MIMOSA |
| Summoned back, remembered |
RECALLED |
| Texas city where JFK was assassinated |
DALLAS |
| Too old for task - gone too far |
PASTIT |
| Took care of, had certain inclination |
TENDED |
| West Indian country, capital Port-au-Prince |
HAITI |