| Metal used in brass |
ZINC |
| Moisture found in rocks or soil |
GROUNDWATER |
| Most important |
CHIEFEST |
| Most recent |
LATEST |
| Murder (US) |
HOMICIDE |
| Noble class |
ARISTOCRACY |
| Ornamental garden figures |
GNOMES |
| Over |
FINISHED |
| Overhaul, renovate |
RECONDITION |
| Pattern of small white clouds in streaks |
Mackerel sky |
| Pay attention to |
HEED |
| Pleated frill worn round the neck |
RUFF |
| Poet |
RHYMER |
| Political killer |
ASSASSIN |
| Process aimed at establishing the original wording of a written work |
textual criticism |
| Put off till later |
POSTPONE |
| Quantities; Old Testament book |
NUMBERS |
| Real, actual |
TRUE |
| Repulsive |
ODIOUS |
| Research dissertation |
THESIS |
| Scrawny |
THIN |
| Seldom |
RARELY |
| Strong written or verbal attack |
POLEMIC |
| Take to pieces |
DISMANTLE |
| Too keen |
OVERENTHUSIASTIC |
| Transfer of blood |
TRANSFUSION |
| Traverse with a detector |
SCAN |
| Twelve months |
YEAR |
| Unscrupulous dealer |
SHYSTER |
| Variety of cabbage |
KOHLRABI |