| One who is very reluctant to spend money |
SKINFLINT |
| Personification of freezing weather |
JACKFROST |
| Provide new electrical circuits |
REWIRE |
| Push from below to help someone climb |
BUNKUP |
| Raised part on front of a saddle |
POMMEL |
| Remove (property etc) from someone's possession until dispute can be settled |
SEQUESTER |
| Seabird whose fine down is used to make bedcovers |
STCUTHBERTSDUCK |
| Sir Bernard --, Margaret Thatcher's chief press secretary |
INGHAM |
| South of Cairo, the one-time capital of ancient Egypt |
THEBES |
| Style of simple French cooking in favour of fresh vegetables and light sauces |
NOUVELLECUISINE |
| Tetragonal mineral found in igneous rocks |
ZIRCON |
| Town in Cheshire north of Winsford |
NORTHWICH |
| Without delay when making a payment |
ONTHENAIL |
| Young fish, especially a salmonid |
ALEVIN |
| __-__ spider, spider which constructs a tube-shaped lair |
FUNNELWEB |