| Ability to see in the dark |
NIGHTVISION |
| Connection — relationship |
LIAISON |
| Core |
NUCLEUS |
| Destructive tropical grasshopper |
LOCUST |
| Excellent |
SUPER |
| Foliage used in making wreaths |
LAUREL |
| Genetically identical copies |
CLONES |
| Information that may well not be true |
RUMOUR |
| Like William the Conqueror? |
NORMAN |
| Non-U? |
PLEBEIAN |
| Not immediate |
LONGTERM |
| Potassium nitrate |
SALTPETRE |
| Puzzling — mysterious |
ENIGMATIC |