| Instrument in claret, strangely |
CLARINET |
| Jocular moniker |
NICKNAME |
| Light-hearted raillery |
BANTER |
| Lottery |
RAFFLE |
| Maxims |
AXIOMS |
| Oppressively hot and humid |
SULTRY |
| Orbiting body in the heavens |
PLANET |
| Rational motives |
REASONS |
| Results, effects |
UPSHOTS |
| Rounds of applause |
OVATIONS |
| Russian beetroot soup |
BORSCH |
| Surprise or daze |
STUN |
| Taking people to their seats |
USHERING |
| The 50th US state |
HAWAII |
| They are apparently sensitive to things supernatural |
PSYCHICS |
| Vaselike vessels on pedestals |
URNS |