''Ne'er cast . . . . . . till May be out'' |
ACLOUT |
A country bumpkin |
YOKEL |
A little bit open |
AJAR |
An American 5-cent coin |
NICKEL |
Argue about price, dicker |
HAGGLE |
Blood type or kind of monkey |
RHESUS |
Counterbalance or compensate for |
OFFSET |
Expressing oneself with vigour and conviction |
EMPHATIC |
Fashionable, in style |
MODISH |
Gaze or stare believed to cause harm |
EVILEYE |
Geoffrey, author of ''The Canterbury Tales'' |
CHAUCER |
Go on board ship |
EMBARK |
Inert kind of saltpetre |
NITRE |
Isaac, who discovered gravity |
NEWTON |
Judy's puppet husband |
PUNCH |
Lasting a long time, constantly recurring |
PERENNIAL |
Modern criminal who breaks into computer systems |
HACKER |
More composed like Marcel |
CALMER |