| Longfellow poem (3,5,2,3,8) |
THEWRECKOFTHEHESPERUS |
| Machine for turning |
LATHE |
| Minotaur slayer |
THESEUS |
| Mistake, blunder |
SLIPUP |
| Not yielding in severity |
UNRELENTING |
| Ocean floor |
SEABED |
| Particular position |
LOCUS |
| Penalties |
PUNISHMENTS |
| Prejudiced towards one side |
PARTISAN |
| Process of starting car |
IGNITION |
| Raise in rank |
PROMOTE |
| Rebound (on originator) |
BACKFIRE |
| Retailer |
STOCKIST |
| Roman silver coin |
DENARIUS |
| Soldier in the North African campaign (nineteen forty one to nineteen forty two) |
DESERTRAT |
| Space |
ROOM |
| Spiny succulent |
CACTUS |
| Stabilising agent |
FIXATIVE |
| Stonework |
MASONRY |
| Subject (of talk) |
THEME |
| Tailor-made |
PURPOSEBUILT |
| Tennessee Williams play |
ASTREETCARNAMEDDESIRE |
| They hold bunches |
KEYRINGS |
| Thick cut of meat |
BEEFSTEAK |
| Things done to comply with custom |
FORMALITIES |
| Unfortunate; inappropriate |
INFELICITOUS |
| W. Yorks town with famous choral society |
HUDDERSFIELD |
| Where mechanisms are made good |
REPAIRSHOP |
| Worcestershire new town |
REDDITCH |
