| Perennial woody plants |
TREES |
| Press and smooth |
IRON |
| Punctuation mark |
COMMA |
| Rules imposed by authority |
LAWS |
| Show to be right or justified |
VINDICATE |
| Stand in the way of |
IMPEDE |
| Stops, refrains from |
DESISTS |
| Strong thick ropes, of steel say |
CABLES |
| Stubbornly persistent |
DOGGED |
| Supplant, replace |
SUPERSEDE |
| Ten years |
DECADE |
| The Collider at Cern |
HADRON |
| The larynx |
VOICEBOX |
| They say it's as good as a rest |
CHANGE |
| Utilising |
USING |
| Well-nigh |
ALMOST |
| Words with the same meanings as others |
SYNONYMS |
| Wry, incongruous |
IRONIC |