| Lend an ear |
LISTEN |
| Line connecting two nonadjacent corners |
DIAGONAL |
| Made reparation |
ATONED |
| Malignant growth and sign of the Zodiac |
CANCER |
| Margin allowing room for manoeuvre |
LEEWAY |
| Nautical, maritime |
MARINE |
| Old-style ship |
STEAMER |
| Repeated designs |
PATTERNS |
| Repeats aloud from memory |
RECITES |
| Safeguarded, shielded from danger |
PROTECTED |
| Scheme, strategy |
PLAN |
| Spanish tomorrow |
MANANA |
| Spiny tree of warm climates |
ACACIA |
| Subject matter |
TOPIC |
| Upright pillar |
COLUMN |
| When one celestial body obscures another |
ECLIPSE |
| Where the sun rises |
EAST |
| Written permissions for absences |
PASSES |