| Act of retaliation |
REPRISAL |
| Appropriate or suitable |
APT |
| Brain-teaser |
RIDDLE |
| Cloak-and-dagger, secret |
HUSHHUSH |
| Cloudy, lacking definite form |
NEBULOUS |
| Coaxing, inveigling |
CAJOLING |
| Counterfeit article |
DUD |
| Deadlock, impasse |
STALEMATE |
| Detachment for security or reconnaissance |
PATROL |
| Differ, dissent |
DISAGREE |
| Divide in two |
HALVE |
| Do I moan about Biblical Ruth's mother-in-law? |
NAOMI |
| Doctrine at variance with the orthodox position |
HERESY |
| Educators at college or university |
ACADEMICS |
| Examines similarities |
COMPARES |
| Female deer |
DOE |
| Finnish steam bath |
SAUNA |
| Frightened |
SCARED |
