| Am ablest to administer a beating |
LAMBASTE |
| And so on, in brief |
ETC |
| Caught in a trap like rabbit in noose |
SNARED |
| Come on, say what's on your mind - expectorate if you wish |
SPITITOUT |
| Decided as in 10 Across |
OPTED |
| Emerge from sleep |
AWAKEN |
| Fanciful or impractical like breezy sprite |
AIRYFAIRY |
| Females with highest singing voices |
SOPRANOS |
| Foolish person like humorous louse |
NITWIT |
| From the beginning - in Latin |
ABINITIO |
| Great hunter of Greek legend and a constellation |
ORION |
| Great plains of Argentina |
PAMPAS |
| Higher in place or position |
UPPER |
| Homer's epic poem |
ILIAD |
| Internal or fratricidal strife in a country |
CIVILWAR |
| Join together, become one |
UNITE |
| Leaves out or neglects |
OMITS |
| Long-haired ox of central Asia |
YAK |