| A facial twitch |
TIC |
| A Latin mother |
MATER |
| A medieval servant |
VASSAL |
| Arrogant pride, from the Greek |
HUBRIS |
| Canadian city and province, French-speaking |
QUEBEC |
| Colourful communists |
REDS |
| Containing or tasting of salt |
SALINE |
| Cooking vessel or slang marijuana |
POT |
| Cut or gashed with knife, being hassled |
SLASHED |
| Develops gradually, perhaps over millennia |
EVOLVES |
| Discriminating, being hostile to gender |
SEXIST |
| Doilies to worship |
IDOLISE |
| Feeling slightly sick, maybe with indigestion |
QUEASY |
| Forgiveness for an offence |
PARDON |
| Fused together with heat |
WELDED |
| Hardy's comic pal |
LAUREL |
| Hurry up in old-fashioned way |
HASTEN |
| I report on French pantomime clown |
PIERROT |
| Impurities floating on water, or despicable people |
SCUM |
| Loans for hairdressing establishment |
SALON |
| Muse about Australian birds |
EMUS |