| A French brandy |
ARMAGNAC |
| Any living thing |
ORGANISM |
| Area set aside for building |
SITE |
| Beds on ships or trains |
BERTHS |
| Brave, dauntless |
INTREPID |
| Breathe out |
EXHALE |
| Brings something to bear forcefully |
EXERTS |
| Considered likely to arrive |
EXPECTED |
| Contract before marriage, in short |
PRENUP |
| Crisp fruits |
APPLES |
| Discretion is said to be the better part of it |
VALOUR |
| Filaments of a spider's web |
GOSSAMER |
| Flows of water or electricity |
CURRENTS |
| Leave out |
OMIT |
| Make less severe, pain or hunger, say |
ASSUAGE |
| Mistakes, underpants, loaves or flowers |
BLOOMERS |