| Most close |
NEAREST |
| Narrowly beaten |
pipped at the post |
| Of thin material or build |
LIGHTWEIGHT |
| Port of Eastern Mexico |
VERACRUZ |
| Promoters of activity |
STIMULI |
| Pus-filled cavity |
ABSCESS |
| Rare, exotic, obscure |
RECHERCHE |
| Rash, lacking discretion |
IMPRUDENT |
| Removed (chaff) from grain |
WINNOWED |
| Restraining garment |
STRAITJACKET |
| Rib or rib-like structure |
COSTA |
| Rotate (one’s thumbs) |
TWIDDLE |
| Russian enemies of James Bond |
SMERSH |
| Seasonal gift |
easter egg |
| Second city of Ukraine (I, not O) |
KHARKIV |
| Sensible middle course |
happy medium |
| Side of a building; height |
ELEVATION |
| Slowly and secretly gain access to (an organisation) |
INFILTRATE |
| Small county |
RUTLAND |
| The turning down of a request |
REFUSAL |
| Toothed disc |
GEARWHEEL |
| Unable to grasp or understand (something) |
UNCOMPREHENDING |
| Unclothed |
NAKED |
| Variety of bramble; grey, no ruby (anagram) |
youngberry |
| Verse |
STANZA |
| Virginia —, actress (Born Free) |
MCKENNA |
| Vitality |
ENERGY |
| With limbs linked |
arm in arm |
| Without responsibility or anxiety |
CAREFREE |
| Wrong |
INCORRECT |
| Young cow |
HEIFER |
