| Level or rank |
ECHELON |
| Maintain firmly |
INSIST |
| Microscopic organisms |
BACTERIA |
| Minute pieces of matter |
PARTICLES |
| Nirvana, paradise |
HEAVEN |
| Occurrences, happenings |
EVENTS |
| On a ship or train, say |
ABOARD |
| One carries luggage |
PORTER |
| Operator of a motor vehicle |
DRIVER |
| Outdoor snack |
PICNIC |
| Paper, bedclothes and sailing ropes |
SHEETS |
| Planned, meant to |
INTENDED |
| Prisoners held as sureties |
HOSTAGES |
| Selected by a vote |
ELECTED |
| Spider's network |
COBWEB |
| Statement of harmful intent |
THREAT |
| Very strict or serious |
SEVERE |
| Woolly quadruped |
SHEEP |