| 'Cruel and oppressive, as a dictator (8)' |
DESPOTIC |
| 'Goodbye to the French (2,6)' |
AUREVOIR |
| 'Repugnance, revulsion (6)' |
HORROR |
| 12 am |
MIDNIGHT |
| A drop of a saline solution |
TEAR |
| Arriving at a place |
REACHING |
| Attack physically |
ASSAULT |
| Becomes less severe or strong |
ABATES |
| Before |
ANTE |
| Brought together again after separation |
REUNITED |
| Common fern |
BRACKEN |
| Consumes |
EATS |
| Entourages |
RETINUES |
| Evades work |
SKIVES |
| Flower like a delphinium |
LARKSPUR |
| Great coolness and composure under strain |
APLOMB |
