| American novelist, author of The Age of Innocence, d. 1937 |
WHARTON |
| Back of the neck |
NAPE |
| Bird of prey — spinnaker (informal) |
KITE |
| Brush up — look for bugs |
SWEEP |
| Child's buggy |
PUSHCHAIR |
| Counterspy |
MOLE |
| Fast — wild |
HECTIC |
| Funfair stall knock-offs? |
COCONUTS |
| Grateful expression |
THANKYOU |
| Greek island where Odysseus was king |
ITHACA |
| Guilty |
SINFUL |
| Influence |
CLOUT |
| Not serious |
TRIVIAL |