| CHASTITY | Abstinence and purity have become passe in London? |
| OBSOLESCE | Become passe |
| STANDSFAST | Endures period of abstinence and doesn't give in |
| STANDFAST | Tolerate abstinence and maintain position |
| STALEST | Passe in the extreme |
| OBS | Passe, in dicts. |
| WATER | The brilliance, lustre and purity of a diamond, such as one in the first degree, considered flawless; a wavy sheen on moire silk or taffeta; or, a liquid compound known in its solid or gaseous state a |
| STANDARD | Legally required weight and purity of metals in coins (8) |
| SERAPH | An angelic being associated with light and purity (6) |
| BLUE | --- Flag, award given to a seaside resort that meets high standards of cleanliness of beaches and purity of water (4) |
| SEDATIVE | In mansion, duke and I have become quieter |
| SUNDERED | To have become separated, is to have become what (8) |
| WILTED | To have become limp and drooping, is to have done what (6) |
| DOYENS | My son and daughter, who both live in the centre of Spreyton, have become very respected members of their community (6) |
| MATURED | To be fully developed in body and mind is to have become what (7) |
| ATATURK | "You, the mothers wipe away your tears. Your sons are now lying in our bosom and are at peace. Having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well," said Turkish leader Kemal ... of |
| SPLITENDS | Damaged hair in which the hair-shafts have become frayed (5,4) |
| NAIVE | In North America, I have become ingenuous (5) |
| MANICDEPRESSIVE | Chap in charge of French newspaper, I have become psychotic (5,10) |
| LEARNED | To have gained knowledge by study, is to have become what (7) |
