| Individual thing as part of a whole |
UNIT |
| Investigation to enhance the store of knowledge |
RESEARCH |
| Loud cries |
SHOUTS |
| Marine mollusc |
OYSTER |
| Merited through behaviour |
EARNED |
| More adjacent |
NEARER |
| Payment ahead of due date (1'7) |
ADVANCE |
| Remains of something destroyed, at sea perhaps |
WRECKAGE |
| Strict, stark |
SEVERE |
| Sturdiest or fattest |
STOUTEST |
| Swimming stroke |
OVERHAND |
| Tedious, tiresome |
IRKSOME |
| The act of making up your mind |
DECISION |
| Theatrical performers |
ACTORS |
| They have to be over a hundred years old |
ANTIQUES |
| Type of generator |
DYNAMO |
