| A district sphere of influence |
DOMAIN |
| A small pickled cucumber |
GHERKIN |
| A thing worn as charm against evil |
AMULET |
| Business notation for this month |
INST |
| Can be depended upon, trustworthy |
RELIABLE |
| Cease, desist, whoa |
STOP |
| Charging excessive interest as in Bible |
USURIOUS |
| Cuba's chief Fidel |
CASTRO |
| Defeat as in battle |
VANQUISH |
| Envy another's possessions or good fortune |
BEGRUDGE |
| Examines, subjects to scrutiny |
INSPECTS |
| It has 12 astrological signs |
ZODIAC |
| It is called the green-eyed monster |
JEALOUSY |
| It used to be Constantinople |
ISTANBUL |
| Magistrate in ancient Rome or modern diplomat |
CONSUL |
| Moneys spent, expenditures |
OUTLAYS |
