| BANJAX | Informal word meaning to ruin (6) |
| SLAM | The loud bang of a forcefully shut door; or, an informal word meaning to severely criticise (4) |
| BOOZER | In Australasia an informal word meaning very good (6) |
| BONZER | In Australasia an informal word meaning very good (6) |
| LOADED | Informal word meaning wealthy (6) |
| DRIPPY | Informal word meaning silly or inane (6) |
| PRONTO | Informal word meaning "at once" or "promptly" (6) |
| BLANCH | From French for "white", a word meaning to extract colour; to make celery pale through etiolation; or, to plunge almonds, tomatoes etc in boiling water to loosen their skin (6) |
| PLEACH | Word meaning to braid, entwine, interlace or weave branches to form a fence, screen or walkway; or, according to Shakespeare, to fold the arms (6) |
| SMOOTH | Word meaning to crush, squash or squish into pulp or a flat shape; or, to paint softly, to create a light finish (6) |
| THWART | Word meaning to foil, frustrate, oppose or prevent; to place crosswise; to cross the path of; or, as a noun, a rower's bench placed across a boat (6) |
| DECARB | Old word meaning to decoke (6) |
| AROINT | Archaic word meaning to drive or frighten away (6) |
| DEFAIL | Obsolete word meaning to sink or decline (6) |
| COORIE | Scots word meaning to snuggle (6) |
| TINKER | An itinerant mender of kettles, pans and other household utensils made of metal; or, by extension, a word meaning to dabble or potter (6) |
| DIDDLE | What word meaning "to swindle" first appeared in the early 1800s? (6) |
| FLAUNT | Word meaning to wave gaily or proudly in the wind or display oneself ostentatiously (6) |
| ADAGIO | Sheet music word meaning "to be played slowly" |
| MEDIEVAL | Informal word meaning old-fashioned or primitive (8) |
