| ''Ne'er cast . . . . . . till May be out'' |
ACLOUT |
| A country bumpkin |
YOKEL |
| A little bit open |
AJAR |
| An American 5-cent coin |
NICKEL |
| Argue about price, dicker |
HAGGLE |
| Blood type or kind of monkey |
RHESUS |
| Counterbalance or compensate for |
OFFSET |
| Expressing oneself with vigour and conviction |
EMPHATIC |
| Fashionable, in style |
MODISH |
| Gaze or stare believed to cause harm |
EVILEYE |
| Geoffrey, author of ''The Canterbury Tales'' |
CHAUCER |
| Go on board ship |
EMBARK |
| Inert kind of saltpetre |
NITRE |
| Isaac, who discovered gravity |
NEWTON |
| Judy's puppet husband |
PUNCH |
| Lasting a long time, constantly recurring |
PERENNIAL |
| Modern criminal who breaks into computer systems |
HACKER |
| More composed like Marcel |
CALMER |