(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 |