| 'Many a true word is spoken ......' |
INJEST |
| 'Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of ...... and kings' |
CABBAGES |
| A thorny bush |
BRIER |
| Abominable, detestable |
EXECRABLE |
| An old counting frame |
ABACUS |
| Apprised or informed |
AWARE |
| Archaic command to buzz off |
BEGONE |
| Birds perch on it |
ROOST |
| Bring into use, apply |
EXERT |
| Declare to be blameless |
EXONERATE |
| Desert at north end of Red Sea |
SINAI |
| Dirty, could do with with a wash |
GRUBBY |
| English racing venue on coast |
ASCOT |
| Faculty of knowing while incognito |
COGNITION |
| Holiness, sacredness |
SANCTITY |
| Humble servant or subordinate |
VASSAL |
| Islands off north coast of Scotland |
ORKNEY |
| It's sol in Latin |
SUN |