| Mutually comprehensible means to communicate |
lingua franca |
| Parched |
ARID |
| Plants lasting for a single season only |
ANNUALS |
| Scottish city |
ABERDEEN |
| See-through sheet used for copying artwork |
tracing paper |
| Self-possession, poise |
APLOMB |
| Shop-front canopy |
AWNING |
| Skewwhiff |
AWRY |
| Smouldering coal |
EMBER |
| Vast period of time |
AEON |
| Verdi opera |
AIDA |
| Word of similar meaning |
SYNONYM |
