Lacking refinement but serving a purpose |
rough-and-ready |
Light stage work |
OPERETTA |
Literary genre |
sci-fi |
Loss of land and civil rights through conviction for treason |
ATTAINDER |
Meeting attended by whole conference |
PLENARY |
Not genuine |
INSINCERE |
Not mapped |
UNCHARTED |
One of the deadly sins |
ENVY |
Overbearing |
DOMINEERING |
Part of a church |
ANTECHOIR |
Patient needing immediate care |
EMERGENCY |
Promising success |
HOPEFUL |
Random |
hit-or-miss |
Recognised, familiar |
KNOWN |
Relating to the stomach |
GASTRIC |
Relentless |
REMORSELESS |
Scented bunch of flowers |
NOSEGAY |
Sergei —, Russian composer |
RACHMANINOV |
Soup dish |
TUREEN |
Spreading out in an ungainly fashion |
SPRAWLING |
Stretchy |
ELASTIC |
Successfully completed a degree course |
GRADUATED |
Sugar solution |
SYRUP |
Systematic; methodical |
SCIENTIFIC |
Terrible, very bad |
ABOMINABLE |
The satisfying of an appetite or desire |
assuagement |
Ticket issued for later use if an event is delayed through weather (US) |
rain check |
Unresolved ending |
CLIFFHANGER |
West Sussex town with a castle |
ARUNDEL |
Woman in charge of a large house |
CHATELAINE |