| Kind of newt found in clefts |
EFT |
| Modern name for old Cathay |
CHINA |
| Most important seat of committee |
CHAIR |
| Nathaniel . . . . . . . . . wrote ''The Scarlet Letter'' |
HAWTHORNE |
| One more time |
AGAIN |
| Open and obvious |
OVERT |
| Proud long-tailed birds |
PEACOCKS |
| Put sword back in covering |
SHEATHED |
| Refrain from insisting on rights |
WAIVE |
| Refuses to have anything to do with, perhaps in business (8) |
BOYCOTTS |
| Rounded and plump |
ROTUND |
| Rushed forward like wave |
SURGED |
| Set fire to |
LIT |
| Thick French soup |
POTAGE |
| Triangular patches of land at mouths of rivers |
DELTAS |
| Very small allowance or wage |
PITTANCE |
| Widespread destruction and disorder |
HAVOC |
| Words of a musical |
LIBRETTO |