| Looking on the black side |
PESSIMISTIC |
| Major city of Pakistan |
KARACHI |
| Make a military observation of (an area) |
RECONNOITRE |
| Name for the realm of popular music production |
TINPANALLEY |
| Natural aptitude |
TALENT |
| Non-professional |
AMATEUR |
| Not unduly prominent |
INOBTRUSIVE |
| Not yet captured |
ATLARGE |
| One who gave his name to a transposition of sounds in speech |
SPOONER |
| One with views far from the mainstream |
EXTREMIST |
| Peppermint liqueur |
CREMEDEMENTHE |
| Piece of incriminating evidence |
SMOKINGGUN |
| Preserved county of Wales |
GWENT |
| Prize pig, The Empress of — (P.G. Wodehouse) |
BLANDINGS |
| Producing good crops |
FERTILE |
| Quarrel physically |
EXCHANGEBLOWS |
| Reduce the length of |
CUTDOWN |
| Royal Navy base in the south-west |
DEVONPORT |
| Snow runner |
SKI |
| Sphere of activity |
ARENA |
| Spicy biscuit |
GINGERNUT |
| Stage entertainment |
OPERA |
| Street water supply for hoses |
FIREHYDRANT |
| Things as they are |
REALITY |
| Ugly creature of Norse myth |
TROLL |
| Under discussion |
ATISSUE |
| Unusual and rather shocking |
OUTRE |
| Waltz tempo |
THREEFOURTIME |
| Welsh town north of Newport |
PONTYPOOL |
| With no date set for resumption (Latin) |
SINEDIE |
