| (Italian) hors d'oeuvre |
ANTIPASTO |
| Abominable snowman |
YETI |
| Act of support to keep something going |
SUSTAINMENT |
| Aggressively patriotic |
CHAUVINISTIC |
| All-powerful ruler |
AUTOCRAT |
| Ancient Europeans |
GAULS |
| Be very unsatisfactory (5,1,3,2,2,7) |
LEAVEALOTTOBEDESIRED |
| Cask and barrel maker |
COOPER |
| Caught on a sharp projection |
SNAGGED |
| Change the nature of (something) |
TRANSMUTE |
| Charming, elegant |
SUAVE |
| Church official |
SACRIST |
| Completely disapprove of |
CONDEMN |
| Control hub |
NERVECENTRE |
| Control panel |
CONSOLE |
| County town of Devon |
EXETER |
| Court ruling |
JUDGEMENT |
| Create, initiate |
ORIGINATE |
| Delicately understated quality |
SUBTLETY |
| Eg, buy stocks and shares |
INVEST |
| Fear of the unfamiliar |
NEOPHOBIA |
| Get off a horse |
DISMOUNT |
| Hard to move |
TIGHT |
| Harmful, injurious |
DANGEROUS |
| Hurry; marsh plant |
RUSH |
| Hurt |
INJURED |
| Incantation |
INVOCATION |
| Insincere praise |
LIPSERVICE |
| Island; fortified wine |
MADEIRA |
| Keep-fit activities |
EXERCISES |
| Malaria transmitter |
MOSQUITO |
