| 'Adorn, embellish (8)' |
DECORATE |
| 'Country named after Vespucci, Italian navigator (7)' |
AMERICA |
| 'Joins together, unites (8)' |
COMBINES |
| Absolutely necessary |
ESSENTIAL |
| Applied friction |
RUBBED |
| Bird of town and wood |
PIGEON |
| Break free |
ESCAPE |
| Broke into tiny pieces |
SHATTERED |
| Cooks in vapour |
STEAMS |
| Division of a nation's economy |
SECTOR |
| Dwell |
LIVE |
| Each and all |
EVERY |
| Facial expressions of pleasure |
SMILES |
| First-born |
ELDEST |
| Formal talk to an audience |
SPEECH |
| Harvesting |
GATHERING |
| Incident |
EVENT |
| Intense dislike |
HATE |