| Most intelligent |
BRIGHTEST |
| Neutralised, counterbalanced |
TEMPERED |
| Not given official recognition |
UNACCREDITED |
| Not spoiled or ruined |
UNTARNISHED |
| Obsessive bird-spotting |
TWITCHING |
| Pressurised, strained |
STRESSED |
| Promise with certainty |
GUARANTEE |
| Provide with favourable conditions |
FEATHERBED |
| Proving (a statement) wrong |
REFUTING |
| Record of a rise to prosperity |
SUCCESSSTORY |
| Reigned |
RULED |
| Relating to authority |
OFFICIAL |
| Relating to stars |
STELLAR |
| Riverine mammal |
OTTER |
| Single hair; drive ashore |
STRAND |
| Sliding over a wet surface |
AQUAPLANING |
| Slope |
INCLINE |
| Small songbird often seen on tree trunks |
NUTHATCH |
| State of peaceful happiness |
CONTENTMENT |
| Subatomic particle |
NEUTRINO |
| Sudden brilliant idea |
INSPIRATION |
| Thick slice of bread |
DOORSTEP |
| Things are more advanced than you suspect (2,2,5,4,3,5) |
ITISLATERTHANYOUTHINK |
| Unpleasantly stale |
RANCID |
| Very large |
OUTSIZE |
| Ward off |
AVERT |
| West country county |
SOMERSET |
| What the RPI and CPI monitor |
COSTOFLIVING |
| Work together |
COOPERATE |
