| Ease up |
SLOWDOWN |
| Embellish (speech or writing) with different material — learn dirt (anag) |
INTERLARD |
| Factors on which a decision is made |
CRITERIA |
| Flops |
DUDS |
| Flout |
DEFY |
| It lasts 366 days |
LEAPYEAR |
| Lay eyes on |
BEHOLD |
| Looked glad |
SMILED |
| Old explosive device used for blasting holes in gates and walls (with which one should avoid hoisting oneself!) |
PETARD |
| Otto, German-born American conductor and composer, d. 1973 |
KLEMPERER |
