| Justifying explanation |
EXCUSE |
| Lasting a very short time |
EPHEMERAL |
| Metallic element and British bobby |
COPPER |
| Non-verbal action with an encoded message |
SIGNAL |
| Place of worship |
CHAPEL |
| Precious stones and minerals |
JEWELS |
| Regal, royal |
MAJESTIC |
| Repasts |
MEALS |
| Spattered |
SPLASHED |
| Stinging plant |
NETTLE |
| Stress, accentuation |
EMPHASIS |
| Style of optical illusionism popular in the 1960s |
OPART |
| The world of plants and animals |
NATURE |
| They can be acute, obtuse and right |
ANGLES |
| Top part of the windpipe |
THROAT |
| Watery substance in plants |
SAP |
| Web-footed birds |
GEESE |
| Wrath |
IRE |