| Looked lasciviously |
LEERED |
| Passed gradually or leaked through |
SEEPED |
| Persevered |
PERSISTED |
| Public entertainer |
BUSKER |
| Reference points to shoot at |
TARGETS |
| Retaliations, revenges |
REPRISALS |
| Ruins or indulges excessively |
SPOILS |
| Ruminate, mull over |
PONDER |
| Stablemen at inns of old |
OSTLERS |
| Stick or hold together |
COHERE |
| Stingy, skimpy |
MEAGRE |
| Sturdy and strong |
ROBUST |
| Supervise, keep an eye on |
OVERSEE |
| The colour of unbleached linen |
ECRU |
| Therapist who manipulates the skeleton |
OSTEOPATH |
| Tied up with a rope |
TETHERED |
| US novelist who wrote about people in the southern states |
FAULKNER |
| Young trees |
SAPLINGS |