| Lower, regions or garments |
NETHER |
| Make home, put down roots |
SETTLE |
| Morally justifiable, or people who behave thus |
RIGHTEOUS |
| Old counting frame |
ABACUS |
| Pater ...... - Our Father |
NOSTER |
| Person who publishes false statements about another |
LIBELLER |
| Possibly the nicest part of the cake |
ICING |
| Preposition meaning about, usually preceding a date |
CIRCA |
| Revolving part of a machine, a palindrome |
ROTOR |
| Rich people who fly about a lot |
JETSET |
| Scandal that toppled President Nixon |
WATERGATE |
| Slow-moving like garden mollusc |
SLUGGISH |
| Sticky stuff |
GOO |
| Tasty invertebrates, red when boiled |
LOBSTERS |
| The use of force or threats |
DURESS |
| Tidied act up - read aloud to typist (8 |
DICTATED |
| Unmarried for religious reasons |
CELIBATE |
| Withered old women, maybe witches |
CRONES |