| Merited through work |
EARNED |
| Noncommissioned military officer |
SERGEANT |
| Olfactory organ |
NOSE |
| Place in peril |
ENDANGER |
| Preposterous |
ABSURD |
| Pupil who lives in school |
BOARDER |
| Respectful deference |
HOMAGE |
| Respiratory disorder |
ASTHMA |
| River in central Italy |
ARNO |
| Surgical knives |
SCALPELS |
| Surroundings, setting |
MILIEU |
| Territory over which control is exercised |
DOMAIN |
| They favour progress and reform |
LIBERALS |
| They show the way |
GUIDES |
| Wooden panel on a wall |
WAINSCOT |
| Worthy of high praise |
LAUDABLE |