| Lacking in substance |
LIGHTWEIGHT |
| Living place |
HOME |
| Mild, kind |
GENTLE |
| Mortar tool |
PESTLE |
| One using clever but fallacious arguments |
SOPHIST |
| Overdrawn |
INTHERED |
| Pattern of verse line endings |
RHYMESCHEME |
| Run away to marry |
ELOPE |
| Suddenly understand |
TWIG |
| Transmission by genes |
HEREDITY |
| TV programme |
GAMESHOW |
| Young salmon returning to fresh water |
GRILSE |
| — Sykes, comedian |
ERIC |