| ''The Importance of Being ...'' (Oscar Wilde) |
EARNEST |
| Band of contrasting colour |
STRIPE |
| Bovine animals |
CATTLE |
| Censures |
SCOLDS |
| Chose, picked |
SELECTED |
| Coarse jute fabric |
HESSIAN |
| Colouring stick |
CRAYON |
| Combat, conflict |
BATTLE |
| Consequences, outcomes |
UPSHOTS |
| Deliberately avoids |
ESCHEWS |
| Delighted, ecstatic |
ELATED |
| Dish of shredded cabbage etc. |
COLESLAW |
| Do this perhaps to be lost |
HESITATE |
| East African republic |
UGANDA |
| Field event combining speed and agility |
LONGJUMP |
| Four-winged insects |
BEES |