| Cruel and perverted |
SADISTIC |
| Easiest, least complex |
SIMPLEST |
| Given to charging excessive interest |
USURIOUS |
| Greedy eaters |
GLUTTONS |
| Killed in literary manner |
SLEW |
| Lords it over singer |
REIGNS |
| Male members of Scottish family groups |
CLANSMEN |
| Not at home |
AWAY |
| Of lawcourts or the administration of justice |
JUDICIAL |
| Partial likeness between two things being compared |
ANALOGY |
| Renowned and celebrated |
FAMOUS |
| Rude, unmannerly |
IMPOLITE |
| Set in surface, perhaps a design |
INLAID |
| Sleight . . . . . . is the stage magician's skill |
OFHAND |
| Try hard for rivets |
STRIVE |
| Word repeated as aid to meditation |
MANTRA |