| A motley assortment of things |
MELANGE |
| Almost |
NEARLY |
| Amazes, astonishes |
ASTOUNDS |
| Boundaries, demarcation lines |
LIMITS |
| Bring into being |
CREATE |
| Calculate or estimate |
RECKON |
| Chose |
SELECTED |
| Concrete block around support structures |
PILING |
| Drink of the gods |
NECTAR |
| Earnest, grave |
SOLEMN |
| Emerging, in the process of being born |
NASCENT |
| Emissary, courier |
MESSENGER |
| Fast-running African flightless bird |
OSTRICH |
| Formed a mental picture |
IMAGINED |
| Imperils, jeopardises |
THREATENS |
| Increase, augmentation |
ADDITION |
| Items of hosiery |
SOCKS |
| Loincloths worn by Hindu men |
DHOTIS |