| Orchestral introduction to opera |
OVERTURE |
| Pays no attention to |
IGNORES |
| Pressing |
URGENT |
| Sit for a picture |
POSE |
| Sleek fresh-water swimmers |
OTTERS |
| Slightly squiffy |
TIDDLY |
| Small venomous snakes |
ASPS |
| So, therefore |
THUS |
| Stroke of a whip |
LASH |
| Structure or service to commemorate |
MEMORIAL |
| Style of operatic singing, as that of Callas, say |
BELCANTO |
| The answer to life, the universe and everything, according to Douglas Adams |
FORTYTWO |
| The cleaner uses suction |
VACUUM |
| Tight sleeveless and collarless jacket |
JERKIN |
| Type of monkey and a blood component |
RHESUS |
| Write carelessly |
SCRAWL |
