| Arouse hostility |
ALIENATE |
| Brief evocative description |
VIGNETTE |
| Close |
SHUT |
| Cricket officials |
UMPIRES |
| Curve over an opening |
ARCH |
| Deliberately concealed, motive say |
ULTERIOR |
| English admiral mortally wounded at Trafalgar |
NELSON |
| Fall suddenly and uncontrollably |
PLUNGE |
| Fine words don't butter them |
PARSNIPS |
| For the time being, to the old Romans |
PROTEM |
| Formal expression of praise |
ENCOMIUM |
| Fur trimming on royal robes |
ERMINE |
| I snarled at one surrounded by water |
ISLANDER |
| Irreparably damaged |
RUINED |
| Large artillery gun |
CANNON |
| Learning by repetition |
ROTE |