| Dry and parched, as with regions |
ARID |
| Effeminate and over-timorous male |
SISSY |
| Go on board ship or plane |
EMBARK |
| Have romantic feelings for - or be taken in by? |
FALLFOR |
| In repetitive slang, senile or crazy |
GAGA |
| Make card, pal, into kind of ad |
PLACARD |
| Not polite or mannered |
UNCIVIL |
| Not very bright or intelligent |
DIM |
| One-piece garment worn by acrobat |
LEOTARD |
| Organism causing disease, or malicious program in computer |
VIRUS |
| Reach objective or ambition |
ATTAIN |
| Refuse to talk, be like shellfish |
CLAMUP |
| Sharpened sides of knives etc |
EDGES |
| The Greek i (4) |
IOTA |
| The permissive month |
MAY |
| They are hard to convince, tend to despise others |
CYNICS |
| Thick and gluey, like heavy oil |
VISCOUS |
| Thin slices of fried potato |
CRISPS |
| Tiny or non-speaking role in play |
BITPART |
| Walk like a duck |
WADDLE |
| Worshipped and revered |
ADORED |