| Before nightfall |
EVENING |
| Bound from the hind legs |
PRANCE |
| Comparatively good |
BETTER |
| Criminals, malefactors |
FELONS |
| Doctrines held to be true |
TENETS |
| Domesticated animal |
PET |
| First lady |
EVE |
| General weather conditions |
CLIMATE |
| Gratify by compliance |
HUMOUR |
| Greatest in size |
LARGEST |
| Group of ships |
FLEET |
| Hypocritical talk |
CANT |
| Increase the size |
ENLARGE |
| It grinds in a mortar |
PESTLE |
| Leg wrap for old soldiers |
PUTTEE |
| More rotund |
ROUNDER |
| One who suddenly rises from nowhere to importance |
UPSTART |
| Pill |
TABLET |
| Polonius met his end behind one |
ARRAS |
| Pork fat |
LARD |
| Poster I alter for repartee |
RIPOSTE |