| A job that pays well for little work |
SINECURE |
| A lover, illicit perhaps |
PARAMOUR |
| Absorbent cloths |
TOWELS |
| Accepting something without proof |
ASSUMING |
| Animal excreta used to fertilise land |
MANURE |
| Any living thing |
ORGANISM |
| Attractively unusual or old-fashioned |
QUAINT |
| Author of Paradise Lost |
MILTON |
| Black and white diving birds |
AUKS |
| Closed |
SHUT |
| Commend, laud |
PRAISE |
| Disproves a claim |
REBUTS |
| Dreadful, horrendous |
HORRIFIC |
| Everyone separately |
EACH |
| Extremely annoying |
VEXING |
| Fought against authority |
REBELLED |