| A German married woman working in the home |
HAUSFRAU |
| A large bottle of champagne |
MAGNUM |
| A narrowly avoided collision in seminars |
NEARMISS |
| A snare for central parts of amphitheatres |
ARENAS |
| Act as go-between |
LIAISE |
| At sea, on board ship |
AFLOAT |
| Block forming the base of a column |
PLINTH |
| Brave OAP being better than average |
ABOVEPAR |
| Building housing book collection, may be public |
LIBRARY |
| Elevate to the sainthood |
CANONISE |
| Evil spirits that rob graves and eat corpses |
GHOULS |
| Gold-coloured alloy used for decorating furniture etc |
ORMOLU |
| Great beast of the Bible |
BEHEMOTH |
| Hero of Virgil's epic poem |
AENEAS |
| Imaginary line through the centre of an object on which it spins |
AXIS |
| Informally ditto, I think as you do |
SAMEHERE |