| Abstain from |
ESCHEW |
| American mammal |
RACCOON |
| Ancient seat of learning |
cambridge university |
| Annoy |
IRK |
| Artistic depiction |
PORTRAYAL |
| Bat used in court games |
RACQUET |
| Beginning |
ONSET |
| Bishop; relating to a city |
METROPOLITAN |
| Blizzard |
SNOWSTORM |
| Change |
ALTER |
| Cleaning cloth |
DUSTER |
| Collection of similar items |
COMPENDIUM |
| Commissioned member of the services |
OFFICER |
| Drowsiness |
SOMNOLENCE |
| Embarrassing blunder |
GAFFE |
| Excessive fatness |
OBESITY |
| Features of a landscape |
SCENERY |
| French city known for porcelain |
LIMOGES |
| Fruit and veg retailer |
GREENGROCER |
| Game that distorts a message as it is passed around |
chinese whispers |
| Give a wrong impression to |
DECEIVE |
| In a form easily processed by computer |
machine readable |
| In a very cold manner |
ICILY |
| Inclined to follow principles to unworkable extremes |
DOCTRINAIRE |
| Informal American term for a gangster |
goodfella |
| Joined by agreement or treaty |
CONFEDERATE |
| Leave to escape arrest |
ABSCOND |
| Michael —, British composer |
NYMAN |
| Military skill |
TACTICS |
| Minor but diverting incident |
SIDESHOW |
| Mythical beast |
GRIFFIN |
