| Has confidence or believes in |
TRUSTS |
| I care about this girl |
ERICA |
| I spliced to get a follower |
DISCIPLE |
| Initially, pay when you receive the goods |
COD |
| Is condescending by design (6) |
DEIGNS |
| Make clean or smooth by passing hard edge across |
SCRAPE |
| National game with large money prizes |
LOTTO |
| One after the other, successively |
INTURN |
| Oral impudence? |
LIP |
| Reach or experience, say the depths |
PLUMB |
| Sound of a cow |
MOO |
| Substance in chromosomes that stores genetic information, used by police |
DNA |
| Surprising fact or circumstance of ocular origin |
EYEOPENER |
| Tasty alcoholic post-dinner drinks |
LIQUEURS |
| Thick, blunt |
OBTUSE |
| Thin on the ground, scarce |
MEAGRE |
| Try hard, make an effort |
STRIVE |
| Vex, annoy |
IRRITATE |