Person regarded as source of knowledge, like old Greek prophet |
ORACLE |
Piece of material used to cover hole in clothes |
PATCH |
Place for old-fashioned dancing - and romance? |
BALLROOM |
Pledges or religious oaths |
VOWS |
Raucous sound while sleeping |
SNORE |
Reduce to a lower rank as punishment |
DEMOTE |
Room to manoeuvre as for ship |
LEEWAY |
Sheet of paper giving information |
LEAFLET |
Slight and difficult to detect, like some humour |
SUBTLE |
Speak wildly and incoherently |
RANT |
Spoke with sibilant defects |
LISPED |
Summer-house with wide view |
GAZEBO |
Sums of money saved for the future - by birds? |
NESTEGGS |
Time for which a stored item remains usable, as in shop |
SHELFLIFE |
Traffic control by policeman for toy pundit |
POINTDUTY |
Unpleasant fact person is made to realise about himself |
HOMETRUTH |
Volcano in Sicily |
ETNA |
Words spoken from side of mouth |
ASIDES |