| Hindu places of religious retreat |
ASHRAMS |
| Hit or take industrial action |
STRIKE |
| In the present month, in business |
INST |
| It's boiled for porridge |
OATMEAL |
| Italian almond liqueur |
AMARETTO |
| Keepsakes |
MEMENTOS |
| Meeting to select a political candidate in the US |
CAUCUS |
| One abandons one cause for another |
DEFECTOR |
| One or the other |
EITHER |
| Skins from top of heads |
SCALPS |
| Small Asian rowing boat |
SAMPAN |
| Soft material for dressing wounds |
LINT |
| Suppresses or crushes completely |
QUELLS |
| The butterfly bush |
BUDDLEIA |
| The state of being alone |
SOLITUDE |
| This British prime minister was an ideal sir |
DISRAELI |
