| INAWAY | Expression meaning 'to some extent' (2,1,3) |
| ISH | Suffix meaning "to some extent" |
| QUASI | Prefix meaning "to some degree" |
| DEMI | Prefix meaning "to some degree" |
| PIECES | Go to ____, expression meaning 'to lose the ability to deal with a situation' (6) |
| HUMBLE | To eat ____ pie, expression meaning 'to abase oneself' (6) |
| ROUNDS | To do the ___, expression meaning 'to circulate' (6) |
| NETTLE | Expression meaning to force one self to be brave, grasp the - (6) |
| THROAT | Stick in one's ___ , expression meaning 'to be difficult to accept' (6) |
| SENSES | Come to one's ____ , expression meaning 'to start behaving reasonably again' (6) |
| POSSUM | Play ____, expression meaning 'to pretend to be asleep or unconscious' (6) |
| NOTICE | Hand in one's ____, expression meaning 'to tell an employer of an intention to leave' (6) |
| CIRCLE | Square the ____, expression meaning 'to try to do the impossible' (6) |
| BELFRY | To have bats in the ___, expression meaning 'to be irrational' (6) |
| DOTIME | Expression meaning 'to serve a prison sentence' (2,4) |
| CARPET | Sweep under the ____ , expression meaning 'to hide unpleasant facts' (6) |
| GASKET | Blow a ____, informal expression meaning 'to become very irate' (6) |
| DOTTED | Sign on the ____ line, expression meaning 'to agree formally' (6) |
| STUMPS | Draw ____, expression meaning 'to close play in cricket' (6) |
| PLAYIT | ____ by ear, expression meaning 'to improvise as things develop' (4,2) |
