| Product of infected tissue |
PUS |
| Promote (development) |
FOSTER |
| Roman monthly date |
NONES |
| Spiny succulents |
CACTI |
| Starts out |
sets off |
| Swell with blood |
ENGORGE |
| Tender of horses |
GROOM |
| Thinking organ |
BRAIN |
| US Civil War soldiers |
YANKEES |
| Utter; for example |
SAY |
| Violation of something holy |
SACRILEGE |
| Wildebeest |
GNU |
| Witty remarks |
QUIPS |
| Young man |
LAD |