| Narrowly avoided collision |
NEARMISS |
| Nations |
COUNTRIES |
| Not genuine |
PHONY |
| One of the Three Musketeers |
ATHOS |
| One who does a deed |
PERPETRATOR |
| One who rises before others |
EARLYBIRD |
| One-masted sailing ship |
SLOOP |
| Ordained minister |
PRIEST |
| Plant with spikes of blue or purple |
VERONICA |
| Rear of the foot |
HEEL |
| Relating to being |
EXISTENTIAL |
| Rider's trouser guard |
BICYCLECLIP |
| River at Oxford |
CHERWELL |
| Rough woollen cloth |
TWEED |
| Sea between Greece and Turkey |
AEGEAN |
| Settle; firmness of intent |
RESOLVE |
| Smelling salts |
SALVOLATILE |
| Strike repeatedly with fists |
PUMMEL |
| Substance used in chemistry |
REAGENT |
| Tannhauser composer |
WAGNER |
| Throb regularly |
PULSATE |
| Throne claimant |
PRETENDER |
| Top clothes |
OUTERWEAR |
| Twelve months |
YEAR |
| Type of highly-flavoured liqueur |
ANISETTE |
| Type of rock that has undergone transformation |
METAMORPHIC |
| University of Paris |
SORBONNE |
| Valuable regalia |
CROWNJEWELS |
| Very short of money |
ONONESUPPERS |
| Wistfully mournful |
ELEGIACAL |
