| Amorous Venetian adventurer |
CASANOVA |
| Ceremonial elegance and splendour |
POMP |
| Cherry-red colour |
CERISE |
| Diminish, lessen |
DECREASE |
| Extremely bad, appalling |
ABYSMAL |
| Formal address or discourse |
SPEECH |
| Great disruptive change |
UPHEAVAL |
| Hung about, with intent perhaps |
LOITERED |
| Large, perhaps excessive, amount |
PLETHORA |
| Late set up for the US city |
SEATTLE |
| Long narrow cut or depression |
GROOVE |
| Military call and design on the skin |
TATTOO |
| Mistakes, underpants, loaves and flowers |
BLOOMERS |
| Moved with force |
PUSHED |
| O |
OXYGEN |
| Optical illusions in hot places |
MIRAGES |