| Mother or father |
PARENT |
| Not a soul |
NOONE |
| On the q.t. |
SECRETLY |
| Perfected |
HONED |
| Plant that lives for many years |
PERENNIAL |
| Religious sister |
NUN |
| Room in church for vessels and vestments |
VESTRY |
| Sea creature with spiny shell |
URCHIN |
| Sharp spike on a plant |
THORN |
| Sn |
TIN |
| Sodom and ... |
GOMORRAH |
| Steer clear of |
AVOID |
| Suggest someone is involved in a crime |
IMPLICATE |
| Temporary cessation |
PAUSE |
| Term of office |
TENURE |
| These felines can net harps, strangely |
PANTHERS |
| Tree with pale wood |
ASH |
| Two of a kind |
COUPLE |