| Maintained in an unaltered condition |
PRESERVED |
| Merited through work |
EARNED |
| Most secure |
SAFEST |
| Noisy toys for babies |
RATTLES |
| One buys and sells |
TRADER |
| Pass the tongue over |
LICK |
| Person of equal standing |
PEER |
| Plate protecting the skin of fish and reptiles |
SCALE |
| Prescribed by law |
STATUTORY |
| Public road in a conurbation |
STREET |
| Put money into a bank account |
DEPOSIT |
| Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, according to Keats |
AUTUMN |
| Sitting a lot and taking little exercise |
SEDENTARY |
| Sounds like a duck |
QUACKS |
| Speedily |
RAPIDLY |
| Toward land from water |
ASHORE |
| Twelve and a half percent |
EIGHTH |
| Unbroken series, of luck say |
STREAK |
