| --- Highsmith, US author of psychological thrillers |
PATRICIA |
| Able to exert self-control |
DISCIPLINED |
| Abstain from |
ESCHEW |
| Act of vain self-interest |
ego trip |
| Air (a programme) again |
RERUN |
| Beach grains |
SAND |
| Blocking move in fencing |
PARRY |
| Cut or shaped with an axe |
HEWN |
| Dietary essential |
PROTEIN |
| Ear-piercing wail |
SCREECH |
| Excellent, marvellous |
SUPERB |
| Existing |
BEING |
| Fabric used for stockings, eg |
NYLON |
