| 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 |
