| 'Grovelling, apology say (6)' |
ABJECT |
| 'Operatically, he lived in Seville (6)' |
BARBER |
| 'Shortest month, in short (3)' |
FEB |
| 'Spoken, not written (4)' |
ORAL |
| Able to float |
BUOYANT |
| About six feet of water |
FATHOM |
| Assisted |
HELPED |
| Batter heavily and persistently |
BOMBARD |
| Calculates the sum |
ADDS |
| Coming or arrival |
ADVENT |
| Distinctive quality around a person or place |
AURA |
| Fermented animal fodder |
SILAGE |
| Fighting soldier |
WARRIOR |
| Fruit and colour |
LIME |
| Hen under a year old |
PULLET |
| Highest British peer |
DUKE |
| Ill-mannered and coarse |
BOORISH |
| Inner skin of citrus fruit |
PITH |
| Latin king |
REX |
| Ma is a member of an African people |
MASAI |
| Mafia chief |
DON |
