| Abdicate or disown |
RENOUNCE |
| Accepts as true |
BELIEVES |
| Account of the news |
REPORT |
| Acted as umpire |
REFEREED |
| Any hitch about this flower? |
HYACINTH |
| Biblical prophet thrown into the lion's den |
DANIEL |
| Cut off or left behind |
ISOLATED |
| Decisions of courts on issues of fact or law |
FINDINGS |
| Dullard |
DOLT |
| Escargots, to the French |
SNAILS |
| Flavourful dressings |
SAUCES |
| Game played in the strange sable lab |
BASEBALL |
| Group of words |
PHRASE |
| Highly respected |
ESTEEMED |
| Improve, travel status perhaps |
UPGRADE |
| Irks, vexes |
ANNOYS |
