| Maladies or misfortunes |
ILLS |
| Manual propeller for canoe |
PADDLE |
| Now and then, starting and stopping |
ONANDOFF |
| Prejudiced and intolerant |
BIGOTED |
| Religious day of rest |
SABBATH |
| Ritual suicide in Japan |
HARAKIRI |
| Scarce, not plentiful |
MEAGRE |
| Short-legged hound that hunts hares |
BASSET |
| Something that comforts distress |
SOLACE |
| South . . . . . . is American state with Black Hills |
DAKOTA |
| Store of weapons |
ARSENAL |
| Strife and struggle |
CONFLICT |
| Sweet on a stick |
LOLLIPOP |
| Tanglers - asphyxiate them |
STRANGLE |
| Units sold at auctions - plenty of them |
LOTS |
| Widespread outbreak of disease |
EPIDEMIC |