'Alleviated, lightened (8)' |
RELIEVED |
'Hinder, obstruct (6)' |
STYMIE |
'Nevertheless (4,2)' |
EVENSO |
'Nicety, nuance (8)' |
SUBTLETY |
'Run down, taper off (5,3)' |
PETEROUT |
'Self-effacing, restrained (8)' |
RETICENT |
Allowing no deviation from a standard |
STRICT |
Beauty treatment for the feet |
PEDICURE |
Bottom edges turned under and sewn |
HEMS |
Carried out orders |
OBEYED |
Catholic Popes |
PONTIFFS |
Christian penitential period |
LENT |
Cuts and runs |
SCARPERS |
Distracting manoeuvres |
FEINTS |
Floating flat mass of ice |
FLOE |
Instrument to measure electrical resistance |
OHMMETER |