| Blacksmith's block |
ANVIL |
| Conventional — customary |
ACCEPTED |
| Curved outwards |
CONVEX |
| Domestic animals |
PETS |
| Eyelet lining a small hole |
GROMMET |
| German writer concerned with the role of the artist in society, d. 1955 |
MANN |
| Intensely painful |
EXCRUCIATING |
| Killer |
ASSASSIN |
| Kingdom |
REALM |
| Non-metallic element found in all organic compounds |
CARBON |
| Noteworthy special quality |
XFACTOR |
| Opening through which fluid can pass |
INLET |