| Adult female |
WOMAN |
| Avoidance |
EVASION |
| Blue-veined cheese |
STILTON |
| Concealed |
HID |
| Consternation |
DISMAY |
| Diana, Jessica, Nancy or Unity, perhaps |
MITFORD |
| Fermented apple juice |
CIDER |
| Group of nine |
NONET |
| Instruct, train |
EDUCATE |
| Leave to avoid arrest |
ABSCOND |
| Make more profound |
DEEPEN |
| Male singing voice |
TENOR |
| Many-headed monster of Greek mythology |
HYDRA |
| One given the blame |
SCAPEGOAT |