| Launch attack from cover |
AMBUSH |
| London's traditional Eastenders |
COCKNEYS |
| Narrow passages between buildings - some cats frequent them |
ALLEYS |
| Not showing proper seriousness, disrespectful |
FLIPPANT |
| One who studies - or his book |
READER |
| Peter in France |
PIERRE |
| Portent, prophetic indicator |
OMEN |
| Prefix meaning against |
CONTRA |
| Quarter of a circle or its circumference |
QUADRANT |
| Rising currents of hot air |
THERMALS |
| Select or opt |
CHOOSE |
| Spiritualist session with medium in charge |
SEANCE |
| Stitched garment edges for Shem |
HEMS |
| Swallowed up as by the waves |
ENGULFED |
| System of extreme right-wing dictatorial government, like Mussolini's |
FASCISM |
| Thrust lips forward sulkily |
POUTED |