| Accepted statement taken as self-evidently true |
AXIOM |
| Act of selection |
CHOICE |
| Buster -, US film actor |
KEATON |
| Canadian Great lakes province |
ONTARIO |
| Capital of Libya |
TRIPOLI |
| Complain pettily |
GROUSE |
| Duet's lead part (It. first) |
PRIMO |
| Eg, Savoy, Ritz |
HOTEL |
| Eight-armed mollusc |
OCTOPUS |
| Foreboding |
OMINOUS |
| Full stop; cricket position |
POINT |
| Ho Chi Minh City once |
SAIGON |
| Large meal (colloq.) |
NOSHUP |
| Leaping opera heroine |
TOSCA |
