A clumsy/ stupid person (5)
Klutz
A starchy plant tuber (6)
Potato
A person just starting to learn a skill or take part in an activity (8)
Beginner
The ceremony honoring a dead person, typically involving burial or cremation. (7)
Funeral
The large bony structure near the base of the spine to which the hind limbs or legs are attached (6)
Pelvis
Any of three muscles in the each buttock that move the things (7)
Gluteus
A small gland only found in men (8)
Prostate
A person who earns money to support a family (11)
Breadwinner
A shape consisting of 2 pairs of lines that go in the same direction (13)
Parallelogram
A type of woven tufted fabric in which the cut threads are evenly distributed, with a short dense pile, giving it a distinctive soft feel (6)
Velvet
Someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth (9)
Plutocrat
A chemical element, atomic number 85 (8)
Astatine
The most successful point; the culmination (8)
Pinnacle
A person who carries / proclaims important news; a messenger (6)
Herald
The SI base unit of thermodynamic temperature (6)
Kelvin
A mixture of protein found in wheat grain that is not soluble in water (6)
Gluten
A type of mat used as a florr covering in traditional Japanese homes (6)
Tatami
In Arabian and Muslim mythology, an intelligent spirit of lower rank than the angels, able to appear in human and animal forms and to possess humans (5 or 4)
Djinn / Jinn
A high ranking officer (7)
Admiral
An archaic word that means “a year”(11)
Twelvemonth
To purify, separate, or remove (ore, for example) by washing, decanting, and settling. (9)
Elutriate
A medium-length narrative piece of music for voices with instrumental accompaniment (7)
Cantata
An American plant of the daisy family, which is widely cultivated for its bright showy flowers (6)
Zinnia
Loose outer garment (7 or 8)
Overall / Overalls
An edge produced on woven fabric during manufacture that prevents it from unravelling (7)
Selvage