| Acute |
INTENSE |
| Animal starch (anag) — quackery |
CHARLATANISM |
| Assuming the most favourable conditions |
ATBEST |
| Awkward |
UNGAINLY |
| Boil slowly |
SIMMER |
| Comms code word for H |
HOTEL |
| Cosseted |
MOLLYCODDLED |
| Egotistical |
NARCISSISTIC |
| English diarist, d. 1703 |
PEPYS |
| Exterior |
OUTER |
| Fortified Portuguese wine |
MADEIRA |
| Great disruption |
UPHEAVAL |
