Malicious burning of property |
ARSON |
More fortunate |
LUCKIER |
Move upwards |
ASCEND |
Neckline and reptile |
TURTLE |
One of an elite cavalry corps in tzarist Russia |
COSSACK |
Prayer-leader in a mosque |
IMAM |
Ramble about aimlessly |
MEANDER |
Response |
REPLY |
Roman emperor who built the British wall |
HADRIAN |
Secure with ropes |
TIEUP |
Supernatural entity |
SPIRIT |
The Greek goddess of divine retribution |
NEMESIS |
They know the price of everything and the value of nothing |
CYNICS |
Top or highest point |
ACME |
Trust, depend |
RELY |
Unadorned |
BARE |
Very bad, or very good nowadays |
WICKED |
Vessel with a single mast |
SLOOP |
Well-worn phrase |
CLICHE |
What person? |
WHO |
Wry, incongruous |
IRONIC |