| Lower postal category |
SECONDCLASS |
| Miraculous, magical |
SUPERNATURAL |
| Most perfectly typical |
QUINTESSENTIAL |
| Museum function |
CURATORSHIP |
| Nocturnal lizard |
GECKO |
| One taking part in a competition |
ENTRANT |
| Panicked rush |
STAMPEDE |
| Perceive a difference (between) |
DISCRIMINATE |
| Prepare for publication |
EDIT |
| Pronounced (words) clearly |
ARTICULATED |
| Quack, fraud |
CHARLATAN |
| Ralph — Emerson, US poet/essayist |
WALDO |
| Ready-made house |
PREFAB |
| Releasing pent-up emotions |
CATHARTIC |
| Robert —, secretary to Elizabeth I |
CECIL |
| Rule by god(s) |
THEARCHY |
| See-through |
TRANSPARENT |
| Severe self-disciplinarian |
ASCETIC |
| Slightly mad |
GAGA |
| Small seal |
SIGNET |
| Smallest (in amount) |
LEAST |
| Stuffed pasta rolls |
CANNELLONI |
| Surpassing all others |
PREEMINENT |
| Sweet white wine |
SAUTERNE |
| Theatres, concert halls |
AUDITORIA |
| Timbre modifier |
TONECONTROL |
| Too early |
PREMATURE |
| Transference to a lower league |
RELEGATION |
| Whisk |
EGGBEATER |
| World-class establishment |
CENTREOFEXCELLENCE |