| Based on logic |
RATIONAL |
| Beginnings |
ORIGINS |
| Brightly-coloured tropical bird |
PARROT |
| Chinese secret societies involved in crime |
TRIADS |
| City in Pakistan |
LAHORE |
| Dallying, lingering |
DAWDLING |
| First-born |
ELDEST |
| Flip, coin or pancake say |
TOSS |
| Fluids from cuttlefish |
INKS |
| French island |
CORSICA |
| French lovers or love affairs |
AMOURS |
| From side to side |
ACROSS |
| Fruit tree that grows flat against the wall |
ESPALIER |
| Gratuitous |
NEEDLESS |
| Half women, half fish |
MERMAIDS |
| Hamlet, Prince of . . . . . . . |
DENMARK |
