| Improvements; moves forwards |
ADVANCES |
| In centre of vessel |
AMIDSHIPS |
| In persistent, demanding fashion |
PRESSINGLY |
| Intense illuminator |
ARCLAMP |
| Large colourful water-bird |
SHELDUCK |
| Oblique |
INDIRECT |
| Occurring at intervals |
OCCASIONAL |
| Of (marginally) satisfactory quality |
ACCEPTABLE |
| Omen |
PORTENT |
| One ambitious to fit in, succeed |
WANNABE |
| One compensating for deafness |
LIPREADER |
| One from Dar es Salaam |
TANZANIAN |
| One on long arduous journey |
TREKKER |
| One ridden to work |
COMMUTERTRAIN |
| Orkney Neolithic village |
SKARABRAE |
| Our flag |
UNIONJACK |
| Period between Ice Ages |
INTERGLACIAL |
| Refuse responsibility for |
DISOWN |
| Rejected (article); added alcohol to |
SPIKED |
| Sculptor of The Kiss |
RODIN |
| Self-absorption |
NARCISSISM |
| Sharp point; runic character |
THORN |
| Sift |
SIEVE |
| Sinistrality |
LEFTHANDEDNESS |
| Slice up |
CARVE |
| Start to smoke |
LIGHTUP |
| Sweet cake |
MERINGUE |
| The right to vote |
SUFFRAGE |
| Topical, dangerous, issue |
HOTPOTATO |
| — Micawber (Dickens) |
WILKINS |
