| Leased |
RENTED |
| Least difficult |
EASIEST |
| Letting sit in a liquid, to clean perhaps |
STEEPING |
| Long speech of angry criticism |
TIRADE |
| Moveable bar in a compass |
NEEDLE |
| Not harsh or violent |
GENTLE |
| Older of two |
ELDER |
| Powder from some plants |
POLLEN |
| Remove, erase |
DELETE |
| Satisfy or gratify |
PLEASE |
| Social or professional standing |
STATUS |
| Socks and stockings |
HOSIERY |
| Somewhere in the vicinity |
AROUND |
| Speaks to, a crowd perhaps |
ADDRESSES |
| Study of the earth's surface |
GEOGRAPHY |
| Subject matter |
TOPIC |
| Undoes |
UNTIES |
| Walked in shallow water |
PADDLED |