| (Of weather) hot and humid |
SULTRY |
| (Plane’s) jettisoned fuel container |
drop tank |
| Abstain from |
ESCHEW |
| Accurate clock/watch |
TIMEKEEPER |
| Bad verse |
DOGGEREL |
| Blowy |
WINDY |
| Consisting of small particles |
GRANULAR |
| Dessert fruit |
conference pear |
| Destroying confidence |
DISHEARTENING |
| Eg, newt or toad |
AMPHIBIAN |
| Fish stew or soup |
BOUILLABAISSE |
| Framework supporting climbers |
TRELLIS |
| Gain excessively from transactions |
PROFITEER |
| Kit |
EQUIPMENT |
| Large body of musicians |
ORCHESTRA |
| Legal offence |
CRIME |
| Level high ground |
PLATEAU |
| Lubricant |
GREASE |
| Male duck |
DRAKE |
| Many-headed foe of Hercules |
HYDRA |
| Minor thoroughfare |
side street |
| Mix socially |
HOBNOB |
| Not sellable |
unmarketable |
| Official recognition (of diplomat) |
ACCREDITATION |
| One controlling the strings |
PUPPETEER |
| Pale (with shock/illness) |
ASHEN |
| Part of the auditory system |
inner ear |
| Predatory arachnid |
trapdoor spider |
| Present and explain (a theory) |
EXPOUND |
| Publicly honoured |
CELEBRATED |
