| Laid aside for future use |
STORED |
| Meriting respect or reward |
WORTHY |
| Not taking sides |
NEUTRAL |
| Organism such as a toadstool |
FUNGUS |
| Poked in the ribs |
NUDGED |
| Pretends |
FEIGNS |
| Put into code |
ENCRYPT |
| Reverberate |
ECHO |
| Running water |
STREAM |
| Seldom seen |
RARE |
| Sent on the verse form |
SONNET |
| Snakes |
COBRAS |
| Strengthen |
TOUGHEN |
| Sweet and melodious |
DULCET |
| Treating badly |
ABUSING |
| Treeless grassy plain in the old West |
PRAIRIE |
| Try to manage without help |
FEND |
| Tumour of the bone marrow |
MYELOMA |
| Underneath |
BELOW |
| Velvety burrowing mammals |
MOLES |
| Wood pile for burning the dead |
PYRE |