| Japanese system of unarmed combat |
KARATE |
| Most domesticated, least wild |
TAMEST |
| On a horse without a saddle |
BAREBACK |
| Pinkish-brown nut used in American pie |
PECAN |
| Quite splendid, extremely good |
EXCELLENT |
| Something very scarce and valuable |
RARITY |
| Stark . . . . . . . . . - utterly bonkers |
RAVINGMAD |
| Strip away cover, make bare |
DENUDE |
| Sudden painful tightening of a muscle |
CRAMP |
| The capital of Hungary |
BUDAPEST |
| The feeling of having been there before |
DEJAVU |
| The language of Virgil |
LATIN |
| Thorny bushes like wild roses |
BRIERS |
| Tropical lizards that climb walls |
GECKOS |
| Turn into vapour |
EVAPORATE |
| Two dots indicating the same again |
DITTO |
| Unhealthily fat |
OBESE |
| Wants arm about kind of fallacy - or scarecrow |
STRAWMAN |