| Anaesthetic into the spinal cord |
EPIDURAL |
| Bodies of soldiers |
TROOPS |
| Censures severely or angrily |
CHIDES |
| Complained bitterly |
RAILED |
| Distinctive clothes worn by particular groups |
UNIFORMS |
| Fabric, stuff |
MATERIAL |
| Fabric, textile |
CLOTH |
| Fast-running flightless birds |
OSTRICHES |
| Fertile desert area |
OASIS |
| Fictitious reason in order to conceal the real one |
PRETEXT |
| Figure |
NUMBER |
| Firmly established |
ROOTED |
| Fleet, swift |
RAPID |
| French town noted for white Burgundy wines |
CHABLIS |
| Layer of mortar to finish off the surface of a floor |
SCREED |
| Leave |
DEPART |
| Lives |
EXISTS |
| Lurched, reeled |
STAGGERED |
