| A company of actors or acrobats |
TROUPE |
| A military force |
ARMY |
| A shade of meaning |
NUANCE |
| A wire paper fastener for plates |
STAPLE |
| Aramaic name of Calvary |
GOLGOTHA |
| Arid play with engraver of gems |
LAPIDARY |
| Captures heart with our names |
ENAMOURS |
| Certainly not us, the other lot |
THEM |
| County of south-west England |
CORNWALL |
| Daniel . . . . . . . ., historical Irish Liberator |
OCONNELL |
| Kind of jazz for Maigret |
RAGTIME |
| Make happy or glad |
PLEASE |
| Make moist or subdued |
DAMPEN |
| Needy, poverty-stricken |
INDIGENT |
| Occurring here and there, scattered |
SPORADIC |
| Organic compounds that make one gain weight |
STEROIDS |
