| '. . . and tide wait for no man' |
TIME |
| A speech in praise |
EULOGY |
| Arrest or delay |
DETAIN |
| Best or most favourable |
OPTIMAL |
| Break noisely into pieces |
SMASH |
| Drink of the gods |
NECTAR |
| Enamoured of the way a person behaves |
DEMEANOUR |
| Expiation of sin, penance |
ATONEMENT |
| Famous art gallery in Madrid |
PRADO |
| Glibness in benediction |
BLESSING |
| Having lost weight through illness - dissipated? |
WASTED |
| Irresponsible and incompetent |
FECKLESS |
| Kind of frost |
RIME |
| Kindly greetings conveyed in a message |
REGARDS |
| More curious, being senior |
NOSIER |
| Muslim learned in Islamic theology |
MULLAH |
| Of an aunt, unmarried |
MAIDEN |
| Related through male descent on father's side |
AGNATE |
