| In brief, American petrol |
GAS |
| Make monotonous sound as on guitar |
THRUM |
| Make smaller or lose weight |
REDUCE |
| Mother-of-pearl from shellfish |
NACRE |
| Mysterious or puzzling |
ENIGMATIC |
| Noah's boat |
ARK |
| Ode to a deer |
DOE |
| Of sky, covered with cloud |
OVERCAST |
| Process by which something becomes smaller |
SHRINKAGE |
| Rescind or annul |
REVOKE |
| Scatters about |
STREWS |
| Sculpture of Mary grieving over body of Jesus |
PIETA |
| Stick out, project from surface |
PROTRUDE |
| Tall thin man of leguminous origin |
BEANPOLE |
| Threw up, perhaps salad |
TOSSED |
| Virgil: 'I fear the ...... bearing gifts' |
GREEKS |
| Without foundation, unjustified |
BASELESS |
| Woman's full loose dressing gown |
PEIGNOIR |