| Mount, ascend |
CLIMB |
| Movement towards a destination or goal |
PROGRESS |
| Not including |
EXCEPT |
| One takes pleasure in inflicting pain |
SADIST |
| Pass through a sieve |
STRAIN |
| Pig-pen |
STY |
| Rebound |
BOUNCE |
| Small pieces left over |
SCRAPS |
| Stage undertones |
ASIDES |
| Stratum |
LAYER |
| Suitable or likely |
APT |
| Take to be the case |
ASSUME |
| The one who grants a lease |
LESSOR |
| They cause things to happen |
CATALYSTS |
| They speak many languages |
POLYGLOTS |
| Travel a route regularly |
PLY |
| Welsh breed of short-legged dog |
CORGI |
| Wretched, pitiful |
MISERABLE |