Hereditary Hindu social division |
CASTE |
Lacking normal feelings of, say, affection |
UNNATURAL |
Lucky accidents, or lobes of a whale's tail |
FLUKES |
Mimic speech like colourful bird |
PARROT |
Money earned by money on deposit |
INTEREST |
Padded device worn to support a hernia |
TRUSS |
Pray pardon, my fault |
EXCUSEME |
Relish or savour |
TASTE |
Seed of the oak |
ACORN |
Slow-moving reptile that won race against a hare |
TORTOISE |
Small supernatural being in fairy tales |
PIXIE |
Spanish queen who was patron of Christopher Columbus |
ISABELLA |
The product of Tennyson or Longfellow |
POETRY |
Three, two, one - launch spacecraft |
COUNTDOWN |
Tradesman who covers roofs or bathroom walls with rectangular materials |
TILER |
Undamaged, complete |
INTACT |
Ward off, deflect |
AVERT |
Workers' organisation or marriage |
UNION |