| Almond liqueur |
AMARETTO |
| Area with no high points |
LOWLAND |
| Become liquefied |
MELT |
| Begin flight |
take wing |
| Buyer of Faust’s soul |
MEPHISTOPHELES |
| Ceramics factory |
POTTERY |
| Choosy |
PICKY |
| Coal mine |
COLLIERY |
| Computer tracker; US biscuit |
COOKIE |
| Computer’s core |
MICROPROCESSOR |
| Conjuring up strong feelings |
EVOCATIVE |
| Crush (underfoot) |
TRAMPLE |
| Death of a species |
EXTINCTION |
| Decline to vote |
ABSTAIN |
| Destroying by chemical action |
CORROSIVE |
| Early form or trombone |
SACKBUT |
| Empty |
VACANT |
| Father Christmas |
SANTA |
| Flat and smooth |
EVEN |
| Genuine |
honest-to-goodness |
| Give birth to a young bovine |
CALVE |
| Good judgement |
DISCERNMENT |
| Hold in the arms |
EMBRACE |
| Hostile |
INIMICAL |
| Indian ruler |
MAHARAJA |
| Jewish scholar |
RABBI |
| Lacking any merit or attraction |
GODFORSAKEN |
| Large antelope |
ELAND |
| Late 20th-century artist |
POSTMODERNIST |
| Line touching a curve |
TANGENT |
| Meat eater |
CARNIVORE |