| (Of fruit) past its best |
OVERRIPE |
| Action of placating somebody |
APPEASEMENT |
| Aromatic herb/vegetable |
FENNEL |
| Artery-clogging compound |
CHOLESTEROL |
| Assertive, vigorous |
FORCEFUL |
| Australian marsupial, the quoll |
NATIVECAT |
| Become semi-solid (on cooling) |
CONGEAL |
| Boat-racing meeting |
REGATTA |
| Breathing |
RESPIRATION |
| Cause to lose confidence/hope |
DEMORALISE |
| Cease to be shy (4,3,2,4,5) |
COMEOUTOFONESSHELL |
| Clearly identifying |
SPECIFYING |
| Dance of Cuban origin |
RUMBA |
| Eight dn, for instance |
OPERETTA |
| Elegantly fashionable |
CHIC |
| Enliven |
ANIMATE |
| Exclusive right/privilege |
PREROGATIVE |
| Execution detail |
FIRINGSQUAD |
| Farming implement; constellation |
PLOUGH |
| Fire-raising as a crime |
ARSON |
| Former Japanese military caste member |
SAMURAI |
| Four-sided figure |
PARALLELOGRAM |
| G&S twenty three down |
IOLANTHE |
| Great skill and brilliance |
BRAVURA |
| Having a peculiar temperament |
IDIOSYNCRATIC |
| He got involved with forty thieves |
ALIBABA |
| Highly profitable |
LUCRATIVE |
| Huntsman's cry |
TALLYHO |
| Irregular fighter |
GUERRILLA |
| Knightly code of honour |
CHIVALRY |
