| A defeat to go backward |
REVERSE |
| A wrapped package |
PARCEL |
| Animal home in the farmyard |
PIGSTY |
| Clasped closely in the arms |
HUGGED |
| Con's gate to his kinsmen |
COGNATES |
| Con, Art could be against it |
CONTRA |
| Courage sounds like iron, for instance |
METTLE |
| Endure, put up with |
TOLERATE |
| Fay tans badly and forms a mental image |
FANTASY |
| Fighting woman from a great river |
AMAZON |
| God of love |
EROS |
| He's a German, whichever way you look at it |
OTTO |
| I and mate become lively |
ANIMATED |
| I net coin from a popular poison |
NICOTINE |
| I'd tog Mac out to be overbearing |
DOGMATIC |
| Judicious line, Bess |
SENSIBLE |