| Little bit of colour |
TINGE |
| Loose skin below throat |
DEWLAP |
| Make a set speech |
DECLAIM |
| Make more strict |
TIGHTEN |
| Make up (something false) |
INVENT |
| Not at home |
ABROAD |
| Plant disease |
BLIGHT |
| Protection |
DEFENCE |
| Remain — tolerate |
ABIDE |
| Sarcastic — excavation for railway etc |
CUTTING |
| Spiny fish |
STICKLEBACK |
| They are not the only fruit, wrote Jeanette Winterson |
ORANGES |
| William II |
RUFUS |
