| Participant in the last round of a competition |
FINALIST |
| Pertaining to an ancient Germanic alphabet |
RUNIC |
| Quickness of perception |
ACUMEN |
| Reduce in strength |
WEAKEN |
| Repetition of sound |
ECHO |
| Rower's attack? |
STROKE |
| Sacrilegious or blasphemous |
PROFANE |
| Set of eight notes |
OCTAVE |
| Sign of sadness |
TEAR |
| So a cry was changed of the running bird |
CASSOWARY |
| So Liam could be a man from NE Africa |
SOMALI |
| Star in print |
ASTERISK |
| Strained by time in grammar |
TENSE |
| Such land is fit for tillage |
ARABLE |
| Those at an early stage of learning |
BEGINNERS |
| Throw out |
EJECT |
| Wooden shoe |
SABOT |
