| It's distilled from molasses |
RUM |
| Joined, enrolled |
SIGNEDUP |
| Judge the quality |
ASSESS |
| Liable to change |
VARIABLE |
| Lustrous structure in an oyster-shell |
PEARL |
| Moving about listlessly |
MOPING |
| Perfected |
HONED |
| Poor handwriting |
SCRAWL |
| Primary colour |
RED |
| Raised flooring or stage |
PLATFORM |
| Robin Hood's forest |
SHERWOOD |
| Severe or trying experience |
ORDEAL |
| Small narrow flow |
STREAM |
| Stiff hat made of straw |
BOATER |
| Stout lengths of sawn timber |
PLANKS |
| Tabular arrays of days |
CALENDARS |
| Twist and compress |
WRING |
| Woody tropical grass |
BAMBOO |