| '. . . . . goeth before a fall' |
PRIDE |
| A brownish-purple colour |
PUCE |
| A church bench |
PEW |
| A circle around earth's centre |
EQUATOR |
| A gentle sort of stylish appearance |
ELEGANT |
| A play on words, perhaps the lowest form of wit |
PUN |
| Block or thwart an activity |
STYMIE |
| Charles . . . . . . . whose pen name was Boz |
DICKENS |
| Composer of 'Madam Butterfly' and 'La Boheme' |
PUCCINI |
| Daze with nuts |
STUN |
| Elected body organising, say, county affairs |
COUNCIL |
| Envy, resent having to give |
GRUDGE |
| Forces to leave state of concealment, exposes |
OUTS |
| Goad, stimulate into action |
PROD |
| Gun for a deer |
GNU |
| Harmony and agreement |
ACCORD |
| Impurities on top of water or worthless people |
SCUM |
| Insisted on and obtained, say payment |
EXACTED |
| It's said to be as good as a wink |
NOD |
| Legal sort of half |
MOIETY |
| Lithest sort of spiky plant |
THISTLE |
