| Pedantically find fault |
NITPICK |
| Persian provincial governor |
SATRAP |
| Person interested in winning prizes |
POTHUNTER |
| Police officer |
INSPECTOR |
| Problem solving using an indirect approach |
lateral thinking |
| Pure-bred descent |
PEDIGREE |
| Put right a false impression |
set the record straight |
| RAF WW2 fighter |
SPITFIRE |
| Refrain from doing something |
FORBEAR |
| Remove impurities from |
REFINE |
| Repetition |
ITERATION |
| Return to a former state |
REGRESS |
| River joining the Thames at Reading |
KENNET |
| Scottish Highland resort and port |
NAIRN |
| SI unit of power |
WATT |
| Simple boat |
CANOE |
| Special right |
PRIVILEGE |
| St Columba's isle |
IONA |
| Strike; pulsate |
BEAT |
| Strong thread or string |
TWINE |
| Suffering nausea on board |
SEASICK |
| Surrender |
CAPITULATE |
| Temporarily halt |
SUSPEND |
| Three-hulled vessel |
TRIMARAN |
| Traffic jam |
snarl-up |
| Unable to believe something |
INCREDULOUS |
| Unchanging |
CONSTANT |
| Unnecessary ornament |
FRIPPERY |
| Violation of something sacred |
SACRILEGE |
| Without a fair chance of success |
out of the running |
| Worthy of favourable treatment |
DESERVING |