| Lose lustre |
TARNISH |
| Loud noise from above |
THUNDERCLAP |
| Lowest point |
NADIR |
| Made an emotional appeal |
PLEADED |
| Mass of bubbles |
FROTH |
| Metal cutter |
HACKSAW |
| Military kitchen building |
COOKHOUSE |
| Nasal passage |
NOSTRIL |
| Negatively-charged terminal |
CATHODE |
| News, information |
TIDINGS |
| Non-professional |
AMATEUR |
| Not heavy |
LIGHT |
| One who draws up legal documents |
DRAFTSMAN |
| Onlooker |
BYSTANDER |
| Pain in the back, hip or leg |
SCIATICA |
| Part of a ship’s rigging |
TOPSAIL |
| Providing assistance |
HELPFUL |
| Put off till later |
DEFER |
| Range-finding and detection system |
RADAR |
| Receiving apparatus |
RADIO |
| Retain the advantage of both alternatives |
have ones cake and eat it |
| Showy bulbous plant |
AMARYLLIS |
| Stone coffin |
SARCOPHAGUS |
| Subject (of a speech) |
TOPIC |
| Theatre worker |
STAGEHAND |
| Unable to be endured |
INTOLERABLE |
| Unfeeling |
hard-hearted |
| University post |
PROFESSORSHIP |
| Weapon providing concealment |
smoke bomb |
| Working dog |
RETRIEVER |
| Young person |
CHILD |