| Ancestor |
FOREBEAR |
| Brainy, smart |
CLEVER |
| By way of |
VIA |
| Concluding section of a work |
EPILOGUE |
| Disturbs, unsettles |
DISRUPTS |
| Dwell |
RESIDE |
| Fifty-fifty |
EQUAL |
| Fit to eat |
EDIBLE |
| French dance, once considered naughty |
CANCAN |
| Generally accepted truism |
AXIOM |
| Grown-ups |
ADULTS |
| Heavy white metal |
PLATINUM |
| Images, religious perhaps |
ICONS |
| Large seabird |
ALBATROSS |
| Loathing, contempt |
ODIUM |
| Many-legged animal |
CENTIPEDE |
| Meagrely, scantily |
SPARSELY |
| Miming games |
CHARADES |
