| Accumulation of electricity |
CHARGE |
| Alec's (anag) — graduation |
SCALE |
| Ate |
DINED |
| Bitter derision |
SARCASM |
| By its very nature |
ESSENTIALLY |
| Ceremony of conferring honours of rank on a person |
INVESTITURE |
| Detestable |
CURSED |
| Envious — environmentalist |
GREEN |
| Failure to be there |
ABSENCE |
| Kill |
EXECUTE |
| Knock off |
DEDUCT |
| Lacerate |
SLASH |
| Make painstaking enquiries (into something) |
DELVE |
