| 'Abhorred, detested (7)' |
LOATHED |
| 'Claimed, demanded (7)' |
EXACTED |
| 'Dry, as wine (3)' |
SEC |
| 'In reality (2,4)' |
INFACT |
| 'No alms, oddly, for this fish (6)' |
SALMON |
| 'Quieten, bring under control (6)' |
SUBDUE |
| 'Rostrums, platforms (6)' |
DAISES |
| 'Small, rounded stone (6)' |
PEBBLE |
| 'The longest river, blue and white (4)' |
NILE |
| 'Warning, proviso (6)' |
CAVEAT |
| A joke of a fish |
COD |
| Animal fat used in candles |
TALLOW |
| Appeared to be |
SEEMED |
| Attractive or cunning |
CUTE |
| Biblical traitor |
JUDAS |
| Bloodsucking parasitic insect |
LICE |
| Container for coal |
SCUTTLE |
| Female operatic star |
DIVA |
| Immeasurably bad |
ABYSMAL |
| Inland waterway boats |
BARGES |
| Japanese form of theatre |
NOH |