| Location for plays and operations |
THEATRE |
| Long bar or pole |
ROD |
| Marriage partner |
SPOUSE |
| Metal pin for meat |
SKEWER |
| Moral depravity |
EVIL |
| Profound |
DEEP |
| Propose a payment |
BID |
| Put off to a later time |
DEFER |
| Raise to a more senior position |
PROMOTE |
| Royal paraphernalia |
REGALIA |
| Rub hard with a brush |
SCRUB |
| Searches for food |
FORAGES |
| Security organisation |
NATO |
| Seek, hunt |
SEARCH |
| Small bits of waste cloth |
RAGS |
| Soundly reasoned |
LOGICAL |
| Stays on the surface of water |
FLOATS |
| Strips of deep-fried chicken or fish |
GOUJONS |
| Strong desire for drink |
THIRST |
| Visits as a ghost |
HAUNTS |
| Wicked spell |
HEX |
