| — Binchy, Irish novelist |
MAEVE |
| Acquire in advance to the exclusion of others |
PREEMPT |
| Again assess the value of |
REAPPRAISE |
| Annoyance at unfair treatment |
INDIGNATION |
| Body's outer layer |
EPIDERMIS |
| Breathing apparatus |
RESPIRATOR |
| Cathedral city of northern France |
AMIENS |
| Coldly determined |
STEELY |
| Combine into a single unit |
CONSOLIDATE |
| Conceive the notion (that) |
get it into one's head |
| Consisting of straight lines |
RECTILINEAR |
| Drunk |
lit up |
| Extremely cruel or complex |
FIENDISH |
| Fascination, delight |
ENCHANTMENT |
| Flashy, gaudy |
MERETRICIOUS |
| Floating freely |
ADRIFT |
| Formal defence of one's conduct |
APOLOGIA |
| Fragrant gum resin |
MYRRH |
| Garden plant |
PANSY |
| Garden plant |
DAHLIA |
| Given without restraint |
UNSTINTING |
| Gnawing mammal |
RODENT |
| Good digestion |
EUPEPSIA |
| Hard white metal |
IRIDIUM |
| Harlot |
STRUMPET |
| Herbal infusion |
TISANE |
| Horrifyingly wicked |
ATROCIOUS |
| Inability to speak |
Speechlessness |
| James —, Belgian painter |
ENSOR |
| Like many cinemas |
MULTISCREEN |
| Longest river in France |
LOIRE |
