| Hiker often carries one on back |
RUCKSACK |
| In gentle and fond manner |
TENDERLY |
| Informally, I'm about to begin |
HEREGOES |
| Island in New York Bay |
STATEN |
| It used to be one quarter of a penny |
FARTHING |
| Law about drilling tool |
AWL |
| Long white robe worn by priest |
ALB |
| More pleasant or agreeable |
NICER |
| More sharp or eager |
KEENER |
| One who watches, say, TV |
VIEWER |
| Projecting window in upper storey |
ORIEL |
| Rub out, expunge |
ERASE |
| Speak lines from a poem or passage from book |
RECITE |
| Sprinter like one of Santa's reindeer |
DASHER |
| Take to hiding - burrow? |
GOTOEARTH |
| Taken as a whole |
INALL |
| Tall cereal plant bearing grain on large pods |
MAIZE |
| Throw or put out |
EJECT |