| Lack of courage |
TIMIDITY |
| Large surplus stock |
MOUNTAIN |
| Male offspring |
SON |
| Official order |
EDICT |
| Rapidly increase |
ESCALATE |
| Respect, admire |
ESTEEM |
| Rub out |
ERASE |
| Sequence; tone row |
SERIES |
| Short choral work |
MOTET |
| Stage scenery |
DECOR |
| Take back |
RETRACT |
| Transfer from public to private ownership |
PRIVATISATION |
| Woodwind player |
OBOIST |
