| Keen (as a beaver?) |
EAGER |
| Mongrel — fool |
MUTT |
| One exercising the ballot |
VOTER |
| Optical device used to deviate a beam |
PRISM |
| Rash boldness |
TEMERITY |
| Short, ribbed, tubular pasta |
RIGATONI |
| Small bone of the middle ear — it purrs (anag) |
STIRRUP |
| Sport played on a table |
PINGPONG |
| Story taking place at an earlier time than in the previous work |
PREQUEL |
| Strip artists, perhaps |
CARTOONISTS |
| Type of hormone |
STEROID |