| 'A stitch in time saves . . . .' |
NINE |
| A dying coal |
EMBER |
| A miserly person, tightwad |
SKINFLINT |
| Acquires knowledge |
LEARNS |
| Alexander Dumas wrote 'The Count of Monte . . . . . .' |
CRISTO |
| An accepted general truth or principle |
AXIOM |
| An immense time |
AEON |
| At rear of ship |
ASTERN |
| Bargained for strong fabric |
GABARDINE |
| Cancels, makes void |
ANNULS |
| Cases for holding arrows |
QUIVERS |
| Close securely, say the hatches |
BATTEN |
| Disinfectant from seaweed |
IODINE |
| Don't make a mountain out of a . . . . . . . . |
MOLEHILL |
| Eagerness, zeal |
ARDOUR |
| Enumerate or itemise |
DETAIL |
| Force of blow or collision |
IMPACT |
| He owned Cabin in book by Harriet Beecher Stowe |
UNCLETOM |
