| (Of resources) exhausted |
SPENT |
| (Of time) pass |
ELAPSE |
| 24-hours ago |
YESTERDAY |
| Abnormal; not spontaneous |
UNNATURAL |
| Acrobat’s swing |
TRAPEZE |
| An excess in number or quantity |
PREPONDERANCE |
| Art of dwarfing trees |
BONSAI |
| Ball game |
CRICKET |
| Beautiful youth; poem by Keats |
ENDYMION |
| Bell-shaped graph |
normal distribution |
| Betraying one’s country |
TREASONOUS |
| Building joined to another |
ANNEXE |
| Cattle stealer |
RUSTLER |
| Chinese philosopher |
CONFUCIUS |
| Clergyman |
REVEREND |
| Close friend |
CRONY |
| Compact group of mountains |
MASSIF |
| Consisting of a couple of sections |
two-part |
| Declaim; throw out in a spout |
SPOUT |
| Densely packed crowd |
THRONG |
| Etiquette |
POLITESSE |
| Exempt from tariffs |
tax-free |
| Famous diarist |
PEPYS |
| Feeling of missing one’s place of residence |
HOMESICKNESS |
| Gas used for welding |
ACETYLENE |
| Get (money) for work or labour |
EARN |
| Get back; regain health |
RECOVER |
| Get nowhere |
go round in circles |
| Head of the UN |
secretary-general |
| Horrifyingly wicked |
ATROCIOUS |
