| (Of language) used by ordinary people |
DEMOTIC |
| Abduct for ransom |
KIDNAP |
| Another term for aardvark |
ANTBEAR |
| Balding (colloq.) |
THINONTOP |
| Body with four triangular faces |
TETRAHEDRON |
| Ceramic, friend (colloq.) |
CHINA |
| Chat leisurely (colloq.), hatchet few (anag.) |
CHEWTHEFAT |
| Close aerial encounter |
AIRMISS |
| Decline morally |
DEGENERATE |
| Describe the background (to an event) |
SETTHESCENE |
| Detection device |
SENSOR |
| Distinguished conductor |
MAESTRO |
| End |
FINISH |
| Engaged in religious contemplation |
MEDITATED |
| Extend, time spent in prison |
STRETCH |
| Fire-heated smoother |
FLATIRON |
| Gaiety, fun |
MERRIMENT |
| Guitar plucker |
PLECTRUM |
| He married his mother |
OEDIPUS |
| James I Bible |
AUTHORIZEDVERSION |
| Johannes -, sixteenth and seventeenth century German astronomer |
KEPLER |
| London landmark |
MARBLEARCH |
| Maintain an impression of well-being |
KEEPUPAPPEARANCES |
| Motif formed of initials |
MONOGRAM |
| Mountain chain, S (radio comms.) |
SIERRA |
| Move with a shuffling gait |
SHAMBLE |
| Moving organisms in general |
ANIMALKINGDOM |
| Muslim religion |
ISLAM |
| Note what I'm saying |
MARKMYWORDS |
| Permanently (colloq.) |
FORKEEPS |
