| Kingly |
REGAL |
| Lacking refinement |
UNCOUTH |
| Medicinal substance from cinchona bark |
QUININE |
| Passionate |
ARDENT |
| Pasta with savoury stuffing |
RAVIOLI |
| Personal manservant |
VALET |
| Russian daily newspaper ('Truth') |
PRAVDA |
| Sleeveless vest |
SINGLET |
| Small hole for threading a rope, say |
EYELET |
| Steeple |
SPIRE |
| Strive to equal or better |
EMULATE |
| Take upon oneself |
ASSUME |
| Void - sickly person |
INVALID |