| Loose cloak or promontory |
CAPE |
| Modern criminals who break into computer systems |
HACKERS |
| Not easy to control, disorderly |
UNRULY |
| Parts of flowers in pastel |
PETALS |
| Pearls, sir invite acts of retaliation |
REPRISALS |
| Person owed money by director |
CREDITOR |
| Picked out and killed surplus animals from herd |
CULLED |
| Prepared text for publication |
EDITED |
| Reduce the severity of, say a sentence |
MITIGATE |
| Restrain by holding, or bird's wing |
PINION |
| Strong natural attraction or close resemblance |
AFFINITY |
| The . . . . . bird catches the worm |
EARLY |
| The birds for cranberry sauce, or theatre flops |
TURKEYS |
| The final winning move in chess |
CHECKMATE |
| The way out |
EXIT |
| Tolerate, endure |
PUTUPWITH |
| Units of boxing match or milkman's territory |
ROUNDS |
| Written account of events in one's life |
MEMOIR |
