| Backed away or bowed out |
WITHDREW |
| Bluish-purple colour |
VIOLET |
| Changed |
ALTERED |
| Coffins |
CASKETS |
| Craggy, rough |
RUGGED |
| Defraud |
SWINDLE |
| Disliking intensely |
LOATHING |
| Equine animals |
HORSES |
| Evaluate or estimate |
APPRAISE |
| Extreme or difficult to endure |
SEVERE |
| Flowering shrub for Mal and Celia, oddly |
CAMELLIA |
| Give in or fall victim to |
SUCCUMB |
| Johannes ..., German composer |
BRAHMS |
| Lie in wait and attack |
AMBUSH |
| Misappropriate |
EMBEZZLE |
| Norwegian city |
OSLO |