| Large snake |
SERPENT |
| Make into leather |
TAN |
| Monarch |
KING |
| Period of prosperity |
BOOM |
| Professional cook |
CHEF |
| Religious female |
NUN |
| Seller of games, dolls, etc |
TOYSHOP |
| Short holiday |
BREAK |
| Steal orchard fruit |
SCRUMP |
| Systematically investigate |
RESEARCH |
| Theatre-goers |
AUDIENCE |
| Thrilled; stung |
TINGLED |
| Type of radio programme |
phone-in |
| Unconventionally strange |
ECCENTRIC |
