| Hereditary Hindu social division |
CASTE |
| Lacking normal feelings of, say, affection |
UNNATURAL |
| Lucky accidents, or lobes of a whale's tail |
FLUKES |
| Mimic speech like colourful bird |
PARROT |
| Money earned by money on deposit |
INTEREST |
| Padded device worn to support a hernia |
TRUSS |
| Pray pardon, my fault |
EXCUSEME |
| Relish or savour |
TASTE |
| Seed of the oak |
ACORN |
| Slow-moving reptile that won race against a hare |
TORTOISE |
| Small supernatural being in fairy tales |
PIXIE |
| Spanish queen who was patron of Christopher Columbus |
ISABELLA |
| The product of Tennyson or Longfellow |
POETRY |
| Three, two, one - launch spacecraft |
COUNTDOWN |
| Tradesman who covers roofs or bathroom walls with rectangular materials |
TILER |
| Undamaged, complete |
INTACT |
| Ward off, deflect |
AVERT |
| Workers' organisation or marriage |
UNION |