| (Of a plant) tall and straggly |
LEGGY |
| Absence of culture and civilisation |
BARBARISM |
| Armour of small metal links |
chain mail |
| Brown’s Atlantic flying partner |
ALCOCK |
| Bury |
INTER |
| César —, Belgian composer |
FRANCK |
| Changed |
ALTERED |
| Choose the less risky alternative |
err on the safe side |
| Clumsy, awkward |
ham-fisted |
| Concern for personal advancement |
careerism |
| Conforming to a stock image |
STEREOTYPED |
| Couples |
PAIRS |
| Courage, determination |
stout-heartedness |
| Currency since 2002 |
EURO |
| Domestic entertainment system |
home cinema |
| Embodied in human form |
INCARNATE |
| Environmental activists’ group |
GREENPEACE |
| Exceed (the expected time or cost) |
OVERRUN |
| Feminine |
WOMANLY |
| Friar |
DOMINICAN |
| Full of wrath |
IREFUL |
| Furtiveness |
STEALTH |
| Greek letter |
OMICRON |
| Hasten |
HURRY |
| Impartial mediator |
honest broker |
| In a scholarly manner |
academically |
| In which everything must go |
clearance sale |
| Inclined to assertion; overbearing |
DOGMATIC |
| Irish airline |
aer lingus |
| Large bird cage |
AVIARY |