| A curl - kind of tingler |
RINGLET |
| A diminutive animal doctor |
VET |
| A lot of noise, or a tennis bat |
RACKET |
| A military ditch |
TRENCH |
| A quick or angry reply |
RETORT |
| An unlucky accident |
MISHAP |
| Animal that suckles its young |
MAMMAL |
| Bar used to turn rudder in small boat |
TILLER |
| Beat it, get lost, go away |
SCRAM |
| Brace ma, being gruesome |
MACABRE |
| Bram . . . . . . wrote 'Dracula' |
STOKER |
| Canny and calculating |
SHREWD |
| Careless and negligent |
REMISS |
| Cartel for Bordeaux red wine |
CLARET |
| Caveat . . . . . . - buyer beware |
EMPTOR |
| Competent, having ability |
ABLE |
| Curved bones around the chest |
RIBS |
| Cuts into a small tail |
SCUT |
| Expression of disapproval, usually doubled |
TUT |
| Foul-smelling or stinking |
FETID |
| Fruit of the wild rose |
HIP |