| A defence for bad behaviour |
EXCUSE |
| Animal flesh |
MEAT |
| Blue pensioner footballers |
CHELSEA |
| Celestial body of hot gases |
STAR |
| Composition for orchestra and soloist |
CONCERTO |
| Declare null and void |
CANCEL |
| Decorate with strings of flowers |
FESTOON |
| Divisions of a newspaper page |
COLUMNS |
| Documents describing findings |
REPORTS |
| Extreme aversion |
HORROR |
| First meal |
BREAKFAST |
| Forbidding, austere |
STERN |
| Having a material existence |
PHYSICAL |
| Hereditary social class among Hindus |
CASTE |
| Hidden, covert |
SECRET |
| Individual and distinct |
SEPARATE |
| Individual editions |
ISSUES |
| Islamic law |
SHARIA |