| Hit the nail thus to be absolutely right |
ONTHEHEAD |
| I sent it, being the smallest |
TINIEST |
| Increase in intensity or extent, like trouble brewing |
ESCALATE |
| Loses colour or freshness |
FADES |
| Made by boiling and fermentation, say beer |
BREWED |
| Missile of the archer |
ARROW |
| No sub-edit for short snappy extract from interview or speech |
SOUNDBITE |
| Of a spheroid, flattened at the poles |
OBLATE |
| Offending against modesty, obscene |
INDECENT |
| Red outfit for courage |
FORTITUDE |
| Short stick with thickened end as weapon |
BLUDGEON |
| Slang heart or old spring watch |
TICKER |
| Small soft cakes of flour, fat and milk - eaten buttered |
SCONES |
| Sporting event with boat or yacht races |
REGATTA |
| Suppress, smother |
STIFLE |
| The surrounding and blockading of a town |
SIEGE |
| Tunes ache for this French woman singer |
CHANTEUSE |
| Viewpoint, feature to be considered |
ASPECT |
