| A DISHONEST WAY OF GETTING MONEY | RACKET |
| SHOCKED DEEPLY AND UNFORGETTABLY | TRAUMATISED |
| BITTER, AS OF LANGUAGE OR MANNER | ACRIMONIOUS |
| HARDLY ENOUGH | SCANT |
| INVOLVED IN AN ARGUMENT OR OTHER DIFFICULT SITUATION | SWATHE |
| A LARGE AREAOF A PARTICULAR TYPE | EMBROILED / TANGLED |
| PRODUCED BY THE IMAGINATION; NOT BASED ON REASON OR GOOD SENSE | FANCIFUL |
| DIRECTED BY MISTAKEN IDEAS; NOT SENSIBLE | MISGUIDED |
| SOMETHING THAT COMES BEFORE ANOTHER AND LEADS TO IT OR IS DEVELOPED INTO IT | PRECURSOR |
| THE USER OF A PRODUCT OR SERVICE; CUSTOMER (INFML) | PUNTER |
| ALMOST NOT; ONLY JUST; HARDLY | BARELY |
| STATE OF BEING NARROW-MINDED OR INTERESTED ONLY OR MAINLY IN ONE'S OWN GROUP OR COUNTRY | INSULARITY |
| TO MENTION AS AN EXAMPLE IN A STATEMENT, ARGUMENT ETC | CITE |
| LASTING LONGER AND LONGER, OFTEN WITHOUT GOOD REASON | PROTRACTED |
| WHAT MUST HAPPEN AND CANNOT BE CHANGED OR CONTROLLED | DESTINY |
| TALK TO PEOPLE IN A SOCIAL SITUATION | INTERACT |
| WORTHLESS AND WITHOUT PURPOSE OR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE | FECKLESS |
| PASSED TO OR SOLD TO, ESP. BY DECEIT | FOISTED UPON |
| A STATEMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF A SPEECH OR PIECE OF WRITING, GIVING ITS REASON AND PURPOSE | PREAMBLE |
| A NATURAL TENDENCY | BENT |