| Long coat-like garment worn by men in Middle East |
CAFTAN |
| Main tent in circus |
BIGTOP |
| Manoeuvre or stratagem |
TACTIC |
| Nuisance, bother |
HASSLE |
| Of or from God |
DIVINE |
| Of ship, sank deliberately |
SCUTTLED |
| On a ship or train |
ABOARD |
| One walking a picket-line |
STRIKER |
| Pachyderm hunted for ivory |
ELEPHANT |
| Part of telephone held to ear |
RECEIVER |
| Passages or selections from |
EXCERPTS |
| Pot in which metals are melted |
CRUCIBLE |
| They are hard to convince |
SCEPTICS |
| Threw in high arc as in cricket |
LOBBED |
| Weak state, moral or physical |
FRAILTY |
| Without attachment to ground or community |
ROOTLESS |