1. Give the nod to: ALLOW
2. Drain, empty: LEACH
3. Non-unionised workplace: OPENSHOP
4. Bottomless pit: ABYSS
5. A swelling: BUMP
6. Yachting: SAILING
7. Sun and planets: SOLARSYSTEM
8. Thickened meat juices: GRAVY
9. Proved, demonstrated: ESTABLISHED
10. Deliver a speech: ORATE
11. Relics: REMAINS
12. Sticky: ADHESIVE
13. Passport endorsement: VISA
14. Nothing much, paltry: TRIFLING
15. State of unconsciousness: STUPOR
16. Solve, decipher: UNRAVEL
17. Scrimping: FRUGAL
18. Yaps in pain: YELPS
19. Agricultural bondservant (arch): SERF
20. Without foliage: LEAFLESS
21. Make glad: ELATE
22. Family group: CLAN
23. Shroud: ENVELOP
24. Enraged, fuming: IRATE
25. Flashy, expensive (possessions): BLING
26. White wetland bird: EGRET