| A play on words |
PUN |
| Alter or regulate |
ADJUST |
| And the rest, in short |
ETC |
| Assistance, help |
AID |
| Ate sparingly to lose weight |
DIETED |
| Banal, commonplace |
TRITE |
| Band of colours in a rainbow |
SPECTRUM |
| Beginning, starting point |
ORIGIN |
| Bobbin, reel |
SPOOL |
| Boil, with anger perhaps |
SEETHE |
| Card suit and essential organs |
HEARTS |
| Coming later in time |
AFTER |
| Customary |
USUAL |
| Despised |
DETESTED |
| Effigies worshipped as gods |
IDOLS |
| Equipment, device |
APPARATUS |
| Game played with a shuttlecock |
BADMINTON |
| Have confidence or faith in |
TRUST |