| A Romance language |
LATIN |
| Absolutely necessary |
ESSENTIAL |
| Business, industry, trade |
COMMERCE |
| Church reader |
LECTOR |
| Cruel form of stomach trouble? |
ULCER |
| Desired |
WANTED |
| Human being |
PERSON |
| Imperial unit of weight |
TON |
| Indefinite or unknown location |
SOMEWHERE |
| It breathes through a blowhole |
WHALE |
| It crosses the nave in church |
TRANSEPT |
| Living being |
ANIMAL |
| Look at with disdain |
SCORN |
| Lower digit |
TOE |
| Models, blueprints |
PATTERNS |
| Most recent or least worn |
NEWEST |
| Needle hole |
EYE |
| One under par |
BIRDIE |