| Abstinent from alcohol |
TEETOTAL |
| and 24: Almost |
WELL |
| and 3: Work for bed and board |
EARN |
| Blend |
AMALGAM |
| Boast |
BRAG |
| Decrease (like the moon) |
WANE |
| Fade away |
EVANESCE |
| Forbid |
VETO |
| Grave |
TOMB |
| Gushing |
EFFUSIVE |
| Junk email |
SPAM |
| Longest-serving Thatcher minister |
HOWE |
| Mildly obscene remarks |
SMUT |
| Mound of coalmining waste |
SLAGHEAP |