| An excess |
SURFEIT |
| Annual calendar of events |
ALMANAC |
| Be dismissed from job (colloq.) |
GETTHEBOOT |
| Beginning (colloq.) |
INTRO |
| Blackcurrant liqueur |
CASSIS |
| Causing great excitement |
SENSATIONAL |
| Cooked lobsters |
SCAMPI |
| Cumbrian city where Royalists surrendered in 1645 |
CARLISLE |
| Downward slope |
DESCENT |
| Driver of carriage |
COACHMAN |
| Eg, Danish |
PASTRY |
| Exaggerate |
OVERSTATE |
| Flight |
STAIRCASE |
| Freedom from illness |
HEALTH |
| Greek underworld |
HADES |
| Impassive, expressionless |
DEADPAN |
| Inflamed infected area |
ABSCESS |
| Insecticide dispensing craft |
CROPDUSTERS |
| It may be used in the kitchen |
DRYINGUPCLOTH |
| Lacking courage |
TIMID |
| Lead mineral |
GALENA |
| Like some shops or cafeterias |
SELFSERVICE |
| Long-eared hunting dog |
BASSETHOUND |
| Main courses |
ENTREES |
| Music carriers |
COMPACTDISCS |
| Music style using, eg, washboards |
SKIFFLE |
| Music tape |
CASSETTE |
| Native SW American |
COMANCHE |
| Of an Italian city famed for a school of painting |
SIENESE |
| Pertaining to a lower noble |
BARONIAL |