| African desert |
KALAHARI |
| Alcoholic drink without a mixer |
NEAT |
| Ali dries out the old British prime minister |
DISRAELI |
| Balm, salve |
OINTMENT |
| Begins |
STARTS |
| Cheerio, bye-bye |
SOLONG |
| Choose not to vote, or drink |
ABSTAIN |
| Consumed, ate |
INGESTED |
| Dreadful, terrible |
DIRE |
| Fall in the US |
AUTUMN |
| Game played in a strange sable lab |
BASEBALL |
| Ground-breakers, trail-blazers |
PIONEERS |
| Hard thick shell, of a turtle say |
CARAPACE |
| Haulage vehicles |
TRACTORS |
| House on a Spanish ranch |
HACIENDA |
| Japanese form of unarmed combat |
KARATE |