| Least difficult |
EASIEST |
| Lived to tell the tale |
SURVIVED |
| Long pointed weapon |
SPEAR |
| More repulsive |
UGLIER |
| Neckline and reptile |
TURTLE |
| Normal, customary |
USUAL |
| Olfactory organ |
NOSE |
| Orient |
EAST |
| Punctuation marks |
COMMAS |
| Saclike body organs |
STOMACHS |
| Scolding bad-tempered woman |
TERMAGANT |
| Secretion to attract pollinators |
NECTAR |
| Silver and platinum, say |
METALS |
| Sirius in the sky |
DOGSTAR |
| Speed of a piece of music |
TEMPO |
| Stringed instrument |
GUITAR |
| Tropical fruit |
BANANA |
| Women of rank in the British peerage |
LADIES |