| Poems in praise |
ODES |
| Powder left after cutting wood |
SAWDUST |
| Prize or token of victory |
TROPHY |
| Queries about form of address to man |
ESQUIRE |
| Sent to avian home |
NEST |
| Set fire to, light up |
IGNITE |
| Shakespeare 'Parting is such sweet . . . . . .'' |
SORROW |
| Shoes, sandals, boots etc |
FOOTWEAR |
| Small grubby boy or sea creature |
URCHIN |
| So denied being partisan or unfair |
ONESIDED |
| The scientific study of tumours |
ONCOLOGY |
| This motive is not apparent |
ULTERIOR |
| Unpleasant people who need not be named - thus and thus |
SOANDSOS |
| Versions of the Book of Psalms |
PSALTERS |
| Volcano in Sicily |
ETNA |
| Water soil to make it more fertile |
IRRIGATE |