| Of theoretical interest, no practical application |
ACADEMIC |
| Of UK weights and measures |
IMPERIAL |
| Place below water, flood |
SUBMERGE |
| Places where bees are kept and nurtured |
APIARIES |
| Plot or plan |
SCHEME |
| Return to earlier state |
REVERT |
| Sacked with a hatchet? (4) |
AXED |
| Samson's false girl-friend |
DELILAH |
| Slangily drunk, out of it |
BLOTTO |
| Squandered, dissipated |
WASTED |
| Supported or bet on |
BACKED |
| Sweet-sounding |
DULCET |
| The forehead or a hill summit |
BROW |
| The SW promontory of England (4,'1,3) |
LANDSEND |
| Tyro, learner |
BEGINNER |
| Vegetable with tightly packed green heads |
BROCCOLI |