| Abdicate or disown |
RENOUNCE |
| Association of trades unions |
ICTU |
| Augment, expand |
INCREASE |
| Base for a statue |
PEDESTAL |
| Declare publicly |
ANNOUNCE |
| Disastrous, appalling |
TRAGIC |
| Don't make a mountain out of one |
MOLEHILL |
| Easily handled or managed |
DOCILE |
| Excited, flustered or rushed |
HECTIC |
| Expectorate |
SPIT |
| Find snake bar in this US state |
NEBRASKA |
| Grooved type of nails |
SCREWS |
| Highest peak |
PINNACLE |
| Hordes visit the Greek island |
RHODES |
| Instructive, perhaps excessively |
DIDACTIC |
| Irish or Scottish musical get-together |
CEILIDH |
