| Polynesian island group |
SAMOA |
| Prevent (something) from happening |
PRECLUDE |
| Room for washing |
LAUNDRY |
| Roughly calculate |
ESTIMATE |
| Sailor |
SEAMAN |
| Small biting fly |
MIDGE |
| Soya bean paste |
MISO |
| Spoil the appearance of |
DEFACE |
| Underlying assumption |
PREMISE |
| US lexicographer |
WEBSTER |
| Using a milder term for something unpleasant |
EUPHEMISTIC |
| W.H. —, poet |
AUDEN |
