| A bride’s linen |
TROUSSEAU |
| Act of saying goodbye |
leave-taking |
| Aggressively greedy |
RAPACIOUS |
| American pit viper |
RATTLESNAKE |
| Arousing compassion |
PITEOUS |
| Behave so as to invite trouble |
ask for it |
| Camping item |
sleeping bag |
| Capital of Malta |
VALLETTA |
| Circulate; patrol |
go the rounds |
| Coco —, French fashion designer |
CHANEL |
| Compulsory |
MANDATORY |
| Dark mark or stain |
BLOT |
| Event causing great damage |
CATASTROPHE |
| Fastening; secret agent |
BOND |
| Fertilisation of one plant by another |
cross-pollination |
| Flood embankment |
DYKE |
| For younger people |
JUNIOR |
| Form of Marxism |
LENINISM |
| Highly critical remark |
BRICKBAT |
| Hit with the head; object of ridicule |
BUTT |
| In an uncustomary manner |
UNCONVENTIONALLY |
| Large mammal |
brown bear |
| Lover of Thisbe |
PYRAMUS |
| Mark (a gauge) with a scale of readings |
CALIBRATE |
| Marked by a wound |
SCARRED |
| Means of inputting words to a computer |
voice recognition |
| Member of the emergency services |
FIREFIGHTER |
| Military victor |
CONQUEROR |
| Mountain lake |
TARN |
| Normal; off-white |
NATURAL |
