| Ability to judge quickly and well |
ACUMEN |
| Assign to a lower position |
RELEGATE |
| Bolster up the sea-creature |
LOBSTER |
| Calm, pacify, placate |
APPEASE |
| Colours for communists |
REDS |
| Converts ordinary language into code |
ENCRYPTS |
| Crisp fruits |
APPLES |
| Curved oriental sabre |
SCIMITAR |
| Cut out the tax |
EXCISE |
| Deliver from danger |
RESCUE |
| Enter unlawfully |
TRESPASS |
| European mountain range |
PYRENEES |
| Extolled |
LAUDED |
| Fails to attend to |
NEGLECTS |
| Greek god of darkness, son of Chaos |
EREBUS |
| Greek god of wine |
DIONYSUS |