| Make-believe, or false claim to merit |
PRETENCE |
| Moved into a sloping position |
TILTED |
| Multiply by two |
DOUBLE |
| Of hell, or tiresome like a nuisance |
INFERNAL |
| One who is unfaithful to wife - twice? |
TWOTIMER |
| Person's bearing or way of behaving |
MANNER |
| Published false statements about a person |
LIBELLED |
| Reclines with gun muffler |
SILENCER |
| Rest and leisure |
EASE |
| Scottish attendant to hunter or fisherman |
GILLIE |
| Source, beginning |
ORIGIN |
| Strict as discipline may be |
RIGOROUS |
| Tear apart roughly |
REND |
| They fail to pay on their bets |
WELCHERS |
| Traders in goods and currencies |
DEALERS |
| Walks in self-important way |
SWAGGERS |