| Leaves (bus); is (wrongly?) acquitted |
GETSOFF |
| Negligence, lack of attention |
INADVERTENCE |
| Oddly amusing |
DROLL |
| River at Jarrow |
TYNE |
| Shine (wittily) |
SPARKLE |
| Shore |
COAST |
| Small pool of rain |
PUDDLE |
| Such a victory as bad as defeat |
PYRRHIC |
| Ten thousand square metres |
HECTARE |
| Terror |
FRIGHT |
| Very old (before the Flood) |
ANTEDILUVIAN |
| World's highest mountain |
EVEREST |