| Inventive, artistic |
CREATIVE |
| It's now Sri Lanka |
CEYLON |
| Net gain |
PROFIT |
| Not in a position to |
UNABLE |
| One is overly-concerned with detail |
PEDANT |
| Padded covering to keep a pot of popular beverage warm |
TEACOSY |
| Panache, flair |
ELAN |
| Platforms for public speakers |
ROSTRUMS |
| Produces or gives in |
YIELDS |
| Say or do again |
ITERATE |
| Skilled Himalayan mountaineer |
SHERPA |
| Spend thoughtlessly |
SQUANDER |
| The quality of mercy |
CLEMENCY |
| Unbroken series, of luck say |
STREAK |
| Up to now |
TODATE |
| Wart on the sole of the foot |
VERRUCA |
