| Kept in readiness |
ONICE |
| Like stone |
LITHIC |
| Listing of the nobility (eg, Burke's) |
PEERAGE |
| Native of a mountainous Hindu kingdom |
NEPALI |
| One putting money into financial scheme |
INVESTOR |
| Prison (colloq.) |
STIR |
| Protect from destruction |
CONSERVE |
| Pub game |
SKITTLES |
| Rubber on wheel |
TYRE |
| Suppress (an impulse) |
STRANGLE |
| Tyrannical |
DESPOTIC |
| Walk stealthily |
TIPTOE |
