| Omens or patronage for USA epics |
AUSPICES |
| Painting, drawing or film |
PICTURE |
| Posture or opinion |
ATTITUDE |
| Protrude, be prominent |
STICKOUT |
| Put bullet in gun - again |
RELOAD |
| Stalin was one, and Mussolini |
DICTATOR |
| Struggle or conflict |
TUSSLE |
| Supplies of goods in store |
STOCKS |
| Sweet of sound |
DULCET |
| The longest period of 12 months |
LEAPYEAR |
| They look after the sick and old |
CARERS |
| Threadbare and worn |
FRAYED |
| Very small, like unit of time |
MINUTE |
| Vessel carrying blood to heart |
VEIN |
| Weapons or limbs |
ARMS |
| Write clumsily, hardly legible |
SCRAWL |