| Badly conceived |
MISBEGOTTEN |
| Base of a system of numeration |
RADIX |
| Betrayal of trust |
TREACHERY |
| Chat about business especially out of hours |
shop talk |
| Chewy cake with oats and syrup |
FLAPJACK |
| Complementary medicine using needles |
ACUPUNCTURE |
| Compress so as to stop circulation |
STRANGULATE |
| Corn-cutting tool |
SICKLE |
| Disney film |
FANTASIA |
| Display publicly |
EXHIBIT |
| Distinctive smell |
ODOUR |
| Dried plum |
PRUNE |
| Dull, depressing |
DREARY |
| Earth and its inhabitants |
WORLD |
| Education inspection body |
OFSTED |
| Excessive |
IMMODERATE |
| Extremely small |
MICROSCOPIC |
| Food of the gods |
AMBROSIA |
| For a large number of voices |
CHORAL |
| German submarine |
U-boat |
| Goes out |
EXITS |
| Good evening in Italian |
buona sera |
| Heat-resistant mineral |
ASBESTOS |
| Hopeful about the future |
OPTIMISTIC |
| Information gained through experience |
KNOWLEDGE |
| Knives, forks and spoons |
CUTLERY |
| Lack of adequate nourishment |
MALNUTRITION |
| Large earthenware beer mug |
STEIN |
| Lightweight linen or cotton fabric |
CAMBRIC |
| Liquid fuel |
paraffin oil |
| Litotes, meiosis |
UNDERSTATEMENT |