| Must have |
NEED |
| Mystery author Stout |
REX |
| Mystery awards |
EDGARS |
| Nasty dog |
CUR |
| No longer fresh |
STALE |
| Ontario tribe |
CREE |
| Pet perch |
LAP |
| Physique, slangily |
BOD |
| Priests and the like |
CLERGY |
| Rage |
IRE |
| Rebel general |
LEE |
| Sampled |
TASTED |
| Secluded valley |
DALE |
| Sense of self |
EGO |
| Set down heavily |
PLONK |
| Simple swimming stroke |
DOGGYPADDLE |
| Sphinx setting |
EGYPT |
| Station worker |
PORTER |
| TABLET |
PAD |
| Tender of nursery rhyme sheep |
BOPEEP |
| Tops |
LIDS |
| Trifling |
PETTY |
| Try to get, at an auction |
BIDON |
| Was visibly nervous |
PACED |
| Wholly |
ALL |
| Writer Follett |
KEN |