| Lifting machines and wading birds |
CRANES |
| Makers' names or trademarks |
BRANDS |
| Member of a fighting force |
SOLDIER |
| More fortunate |
LUCKIER |
| Nag the fish? |
CARP |
| Parody or satire |
SENDUP |
| Portable computer |
LAPTOP |
| Robbers |
THIEVES |
| Senior member of a group |
DOYEN |
| Separate the wheat from the chaff |
WINNOW |
| Sequential |
SERIAL |
| Small and elegant for the French |
BIJOU |
| South American Republic |
ECUADOR |
| Spanish sun |
SOL |
| Spiny succulent plant |
CACTUS |
| State police in Nazi Germany |
GESTAPO |
| Synopsis |
PRECIS |
| Type of Louisiana food |
CAJUN |
| Unpleasantly wet and cold |
DANK |
| Without any attempt at concealment |
BLATANT |
| Zero |
NOUGHT |
