| Mineral gems of which emerald is a variety |
BERYLS |
| Narrowing middles |
WAISTS |
| Nonconformist |
MISFIT |
| Official verse writer |
poet laureate |
| Quality of undeveloped potential (Y, not E) |
LATENCY |
| Responds |
ANSWERS |
| Royal servant; freeholder |
YEOMAN |
| Scandinavian language |
SWEDISH |
| Scots child |
BAIRN |
| Shabby and untidy |
SCRUFFY |
| Violently kill |
SLAY |
| Writing implements |
fountain pens |
