| Plant with stinging hairs |
NETTLE |
| Put out or expel |
EJECT |
| Rent out |
LEASE |
| Robs a bad West Indian island |
BARBADOS |
| Rocky hill |
TOR |
| Salary increase |
RAISE |
| Simple or guileless |
NAIVE |
| Small fish used to catch larger ones |
SPRATS |
| Softly, in music |
PIANO |
| Stories in novels or plays |
PLOTS |
| Superintend |
SUPERVISE |
| Take very small bites |
NIBBLE |
| The art of growing ornamental dwarfed plants |
BONSAI |
| The Scarlet ..., Sir Percy Blakeney |
PIMPERNEL |
| The world of learning |
ACADEMIA |
| Thin on the ground |
SPARSE |
| Upper part of the face |
FOREHEAD |
| Wine mixed with sparkling water |
SPRITZER |