| He's engaged to be married |
FIANCE |
| He's immersed in a book or newspaper |
READER |
| Interred, covered with earth |
BURIED |
| Judicial investigations to establish causes of death |
INQUESTS |
| Laments the loss of |
MOURNS |
| Limit supply in time of scarcity |
RATION |
| List of food items on offer |
MENU |
| Loss of power or prosperity, a serious tumble |
DOWNFALL |
| Protesting angrily - with weapons aloft? |
UPINARMS |
| Supply with food, keep well |
NOURISH |
| Symbol, representative device |
EMBLEM |
| Tire oxen with heavy effort |
EXERTION |
| Traditional songs for sailors |
SHANTIES |
| Turned into bone or slangily drunk |
OSSIFIED |
| Universal like major Christian religion |
CATHOLIC |
| Welcome with shouts of approval |
ACCLAIM |