| Act as go-between |
MEDIATE |
| Action that isolates and attacks |
SIEGE |
| Animal slaughterhouses |
ABATTOIRS |
| Become visible or seem |
APPEAR |
| Cloth-eating insect |
MOTH |
| Curl, of an Irish dancer say |
RINGLET |
| First letters and first cities |
CAPITALS |
| Harp used by ancient Greeks |
LYRE |
| Important Roman Catholic church |
BASILICA |
| Indolent, lazy |
OTIOSE |
| Long-necked wading bird and lifting machine |
CRANE |
| Members of the British Conservative Party |
TORIES |
| Metal shackles for hands or legs |
CHAINS |
| Military land forces |
ARMIES |
| Mute |
SILENT |
| Natural fibre |
COTTON |
| On the contrary or to some extent |
RATHER |
| Paved surface where aircraft stand when not in use |
APRON |
