| Long time before noon |
YEARN |
| Make worse |
AGGRAVATE |
| Me saddling a horse for run |
MANAGE |
| Mockery scars a wretched maiden |
SARCASM |
| Mocking irony |
SARCASM |
| Not quite shut |
AJAR |
| Paddle |
OAR |
| Part of pen I broke is bit that writes |
NIB |
| Pine |
YEARN |
| Platter |
DISH |
| Professor, a rotter, tortured mice |
ACADEMIC |
| Quill tip |
NIB |
| Recount |
NARRATE |
| Rent trouble produces storm |
TORNADO |
| Rest lie wounded but uncontaminated |
STERILE |
| Rodent ultimately done for speed |
RATE |
| Rower from Acapulco arrived |
OAR |
| Scholastic |
ACADEMIC |
| Silent songbird catching a cold |
TACIT |
| Skilled worker |
ARTISAN |
| Small wooden cup |
NOGGIN |
| Towards back seat repaired by sailors |
ASTERN |
| Twister |
TORNADO |
| Used by writer, it gives no impression of character |
SPACEBAR |
| Voting against |
ANTI |
| Work hard on article and campaign line |
SLOGAN |
| Worker girl rebuffed one feels |
ANTENNA |
| Wren for one cat thrice damaged |
ARCHITECT |
