| Former college pupil |
ALUMNUS |
| Large seabird |
SKUA |
| Perfect |
IDEAL |
| Physically or mentally demanding |
TAXING |
| Plant such as cowslip |
PRIMULA |
| Retrieve, recover |
RECLAIM |
| Settled way of thinking |
ATTITUDE |
| Share in an (undertaking) |
INTEREST |
| Ship's floor |
DECK |
| Supposing, estimating |
GUESSING |
| Unpleasantly pungent |
ACRID |
| Widely-spoken language |
ENGLISH |