| 'Alleviated, lightened (8)' |
RELIEVED |
| 'Hinder, obstruct (6)' |
STYMIE |
| 'Nevertheless (4,2)' |
EVENSO |
| 'Nicety, nuance (8)' |
SUBTLETY |
| 'Run down, taper off (5,3)' |
PETEROUT |
| 'Self-effacing, restrained (8)' |
RETICENT |
| Allowing no deviation from a standard |
STRICT |
| Beauty treatment for the feet |
PEDICURE |
| Bottom edges turned under and sewn |
HEMS |
| Carried out orders |
OBEYED |
| Catholic Popes |
PONTIFFS |
| Christian penitential period |
LENT |
| Cuts and runs |
SCARPERS |
| Distracting manoeuvres |
FEINTS |
| Floating flat mass of ice |
FLOE |
| Instrument to measure electrical resistance |
OHMMETER |
