| A standard mixture of alcohol and water |
PROOFSPIRIT |
| A word's origins |
ETYMOLOGY |
| Amount left over |
SURPLUS |
| Attempts |
TRIES |
| Bait for angler |
LOBWORM |
| Balancing factor |
COUNTERPOISE |
| Be superior to |
OUTDO |
| Boxes, wrapping, etc |
PACKAGING |
| Cheshire/Lancashire waterway |
MANCHESTERSHIPCANAL |
| Chess deadlock |
STALEMATE |
| Circles of light around the sun or moon |
CORONAE |
| Circulating engine fluid |
COOLANT |
| Contagious disease |
MEASLES |
| Drunken hallucinations |
PINKELEPHANTS |
| End up owing money |
RUNINTODEBT |
| Equal business associate |
COPARTNER |
| Fighting forces |
ARMIES |
| For |
PRO |
| Girl in the Minotaur myth |
ARIADNE |
| Girl's name; heath |
ERICA |
| Give (someone) a right (to do something) |
ENTITLE |
| Given to showy display |
OSTENTATIOUS |
| Great victory |
TRIUMPH |
| High in rank |
SENIOR |
| Imitation (of a person) |
IMPRESSION |
| Intellectually active |
ALERT |
| John Wyndham novel (3,3,2,3,8) |
THEDAYOFTHETRIFFIDS |
| Junior female office worker |
GIRLFRIDAY |
| Lack of flavour |
TASTELESSNESS |
| Large reference book contributor |
ENCYCLOPEDIST |
