| '''For ... us a child is born'' (Handel's Messiah) (4)' |
UNTO |
| '''It came ... the midnight clear'' (carol) (4)' |
UPON |
| 'Alleviate, appease (7)' |
ASSUAGE |
| 'Bashfully, shyly (7)' |
TIMIDLY |
| 'Conjecturing, surmising (8)' |
GUESSING |
| 'Fell into place, sank in (6)' |
DAWNED |
| 'Frank, not secret (4)' |
OPEN |
| 'It's said to a sneezer (5,3)' |
BLESSYOU |
| 'Judge, estimate (6)' |
ASSESS |
| 'Prudent, cautious (7)' |
CAREFUL |
| Animal traps |
SNARES |
| Continue in the face of resistance |
PERSIST |
| Drinking alcohol |
IMBIBING |
| Fitment at the end of a flex |
PLUG |
| Harm or injury |
DAMAGE |
| Having an exaggerated sense of one's own importance |
ARROGANT |
