| 'O wild West Wind, thou breath of . . . . . .'s being' (Shelley) |
AUTUMN |
| Ability acquired by training |
SKILL |
| Apply, employ |
USE |
| Assumed to be true |
SUPPOSED |
| Between here and Britain |
IRISHSEA |
| Brain-teaser |
RIDDLE |
| Contentious discussions |
ARGUMENTS |
| Custom |
HABIT |
| Detonating mechanism with clock |
TIMEBOMB |
| Facial hair |
MOUSTACHE |
| Glass triangle, separates light into colours |
PRISM |
| Hairdresser |
BARBER |
| Hard calcium rock |
LIMESTONE |
| Help, assistance |
AID |
| Imitate satirically |
MIMIC |
| Inter-office notes |
MEMOS |
| Just about |
BARELY |
| National council in former USSR |
SOVIET |