It comes from the Latin, as far as one knows |
APRIORI |
Keep getting drunk? Now hang on! |
HOLDTIGHT |
Lucky yet strange turn o' fate |
FORTUNATE |
More than one out of two is of higher standard |
ABOVEPAR |
Music hall medley |
VARIETY |
One guide — or a good many |
PILOT |
Put off writing letter to a relative |
DAUNT |
Spectacular effect when powder magazine finally goes up |
ECLAT |
Splitting hairs in divorce |
PARTING |
Still in a terrible fluster |
RESTFUL |
These lads may turn out to be immortal |
DEATHLESS |
They work around the clock |
HANDS |
Turned on bad parent |
ENRAPT |
Worn by a woman for a dance |
BOLERO |
Young army chap is awkward, but learns |
SUBALTERN |