| Approximate calculation |
ESTIMATE |
| Backboneless creature |
INVERTEBRATE |
| Beer producer |
BREWER |
| Before the usual time |
EARLY |
| Blessing |
BENISON |
| Bone breakage typically affecting children |
greenstick fracture |
| Bright green colour |
EMERALD |
| Brilliant deep blue |
ULTRAMARINE |
| British commando |
green beret |
| Business co-worker |
COLLEAGUE |
| Car pedal |
ACCELERATOR |
| Climactic point |
CULMINATION |
| Competent, thoroughly qualified |
PROFICIENT |
| Contrition, remorse |
PENITENCE |
| Deceptive appearance |
ILLUSION |
| Deliberately hurtful remark |
BARB |
| Doomed |
FATED |
| Earnest plea |
ENTREATY |
| Eg, a footman or maid |
SERVANT |
| Enforcing strict obedience |
AUTHORITARIAN |
| English mathematician and physicist |
Isaac Newton |
| English novelist |
DEFOE |
| Feeling blissful happiness |
BEATIFIC |
| Feeling of fear or agitation |
TREPIDATION |
| Force (to do something) |
COMPEL |
| Fruitful interaction of ideas (Z, not S) |
cross-fertilization |
| Having three faces |
TRIHEDRAL |
| In usable or working condition |
in commission |
| Like Shakespeare’s fat knight |
FALSTAFFIAN |
| Nightclub entertainment |
CABARET |
