| Awaiting action |
PENDING |
| Betrayal of one's country |
TREASON |
| Captain |
SKIPPER |
| Charged atom or molecule |
IONS |
| Clayey rock or soil |
MARL |
| Fixing pins |
NAILS |
| Impersonal, unappealing |
INSTITUTIONAL |
| Indication; symbol |
SIGN |
| Language of Burns |
SCOTS |
| Loose mountainside stones |
SCREE |
| Make pointed |
SHARPEN |
| Male rower |
OARSMAN |
| Of similar character |
AKIN |