| Allow some deletions |
LET |
| Aplomb |
PANACHE |
| Appealingly elegant man in yellow |
CHICKEN |
| Avoid major surgery |
BYPASS |
| Babyhood |
INFANCY |
| Believe in good exam grade |
CREDIT |
| Caught bishop ingesting odd food fragment |
CRUMB |
| Cessation |
ENDING |
| Close friend in Grenadier Guards |
ENDING |
| Copper to get hold of address |
PREACH |
| Core or centre |
NUCLEUS |
| Countryside painting |
LANDSCAPE |
| Creep into organised function |
RECEPTION |
| Crossing made in Drake's ship? |
PELICAN |
| Deliver a sermon |
PREACH |
| Domestic fowl |
CHICKEN |
| Entomb |
INTER |
| Expert in Rolls-Royce or F1 man? |
RACER |
| Fantastically pure English currency |
RUPEE |
| Fast driver |
RACER |
| First man, six-footer, intransigent |
ADAMANT |
| First sign of crime: make certain there’s condemnation |
CENSURE |
| Fit out |
EQUIP |
| Food consumer |
EATER |
| Gourmet to worry monarch |
EATER |
| Immediate |
INSTANT |
| Indian coin |
RUPEE |
| Jack is scoundrel |
KNAVE |