| (Of car) tried out |
TESTDRIVEN |
| (Of cow) give birth |
CALVE |
| (Practice of) staying away from work |
ABSENTEEISM |
| --- Maté is a type of tea |
YERBA |
| Barren tract |
WASTELAND |
| Become misted over |
STEAMUP |
| Biblical prophet |
ELIJAH |
| Brag, bird |
CROW |
| Brighton girls' school |
ROEDEAN |
| Capable of being drawn back |
RETRACTABLE |
| Certainty |
ASSURANCE |
| Children's game |
ISPY |
| Cleaner (of clothes, linen) |
LAUNDERER |
| Contests for agile runners |
OBSTACLERACES |
| Delicate quality |
DAINTINESS |
| Douglas is its capital |
ISLEOFMAN |
| Eg, painter, wallpaperer |
DECORATOR |
| Endlessly worsening situation |
VICIOUSCIRCLE |
| F.W. Murnau's early Dracula film |
NOSFERATU |
| Friendly (colloq.) |
CHUMMY |
| Furthest from the audience (in theatre) |
UPSTAGE |
| Great power |
POTENCY |
| Holiest city of Islam |
MECCA |
| Israeli city |
TELAVIV |
| Jewelled headband |
TIARA |
| Largest Roman hippodrome |
CIRCUSMAXIMUS |
| Like burnt skin, perhaps |
BLISTERED |
| Manicurists' tools |
NAILFILES |
| Meddling can easily make things worse (2,2,4,5,4,3,2) |
IFITAINTBROKEDONTFIXIT |
| Mixture of diced veg or fruit |
MACEDOINE |
