| Parched |
ARID |
| Quits - flat |
EVEN |
| Remove - portable meals |
TAKEAWAY |
| Reserve - volume |
BOOK |
| Russian plain |
STEPPE |
| Service - tax - obligation |
DUTY |
| Temporary - work in the theatre |
ACTING |
| Tie for first place in race |
DEADHEAT |
| Try hard to get free - labour |
STRUGGLE |
| Unfairly treated |
HARDDONEBY |
| Unmarried woman |
SPINSTER |
| Went - dead |
DEPARTED |
