| Inception |
STARTINGPOINT |
| Made more serious |
AGGRAVATED |
| Maths function |
COTANGENT |
| Moderated; softened |
TONEDDOWN |
| Mop; surgical pad |
SWAB |
| Not approved |
UNSANCTIONED |
| Obsessive slimming disorder |
ANOREXIA |
| One working for train company |
RAILWAYMAN |
| Perfect example |
EPITOME |
| Plants of the iris family |
GLADIOLI |
| Poe poem |
THERAVEN |
| Polar feature |
ICECAP |
| Process of lengthening |
PROLONGATION |
| Profitable thing |
MONEYSPINNER |
| Restaurant starter |
SOUPOFTHEDAY |
| Say |
FOREXAMPLE |
| Showing guilty embarrassment |
SHAMEFACED |
| Stiffly correct |
PRIMANDPROPER |
| Still in ignorance |
NONETHEWISER |
| Structural geology |
TECTONICS |
| Suddenly change direction |
VEER |
| Talk foolishly |
PRATE |
| The provision of drainage |
SEWERAGE |
| The — —, H. G. Wells story |
INVISIBLEMAN |
| Thor Heyerdahl craft |
KONTIKI |
| Two-handled drinking vessel |
LOVINGCUP |
| US city; card game |
BOSTON |
| Use of words sounding as what they describe |
ONOMATOPOEIA |
| Whirling dance |
TARANTELLA |
| — Seth, author |
VIKRAM |
