| ''Between my finger and my thumb / the squat pen rests / I'll ... with it'' (Seamus Heaney) |
DIG |
| A word formed from the initial letters of others |
ACRONYM |
| Area empty of matter |
VACUUM |
| Brief description of an illustration |
CAPTION |
| Children's book or shop that appears suddenly |
POPUP |
| Come to understand the water depth |
FATHOM |
| Dead human body |
CADAVER |
| Declare not to be true |
DENY |
| Eastern European state |
ROMANIA |
| Egyptian felt cap |
FEZ |
| European mountain range |
ALPS |
| Exclamation of annoyance |
DRAT |
| Facial hair |
BEARD |
| Flat French cap |
BERET |
| Fortification of a low wall |
PARAPET |
| Gunning a car engine |
REVVING |
| Haphazard, irregular |
RANDOM |
| Iconic US uncle |
SAM |
| Indonesian island |
BALI |
| International distress code |
SOS |
| Item of medicine or a narcotic |
DRUG |