| Affectation of social superiority |
AIRSANDGRACES |
| Alternative to spectacles |
CONTACTLENSES |
| Cattle |
COWS |
| Debris (anag) |
BRIDES |
| Detestable |
LOATHSOME |
| Doctors specialising in childbirth |
OBSTETRICIANS |
| Elephant keeper and driver |
MAHOUT |
| Fast-flowing part of a river |
RAPIDS |
| Fireproof screen in a theatre |
SAFETYCURTAIN |
| First ever public performance |
PREMIERE |
| Given authority |
EMPOWERED |
| Industrial city of northern England |
LEEDS |
