| Act of kindness |
FAVOUR |
| Answer, reply |
RESPONSE |
| At the earliest stage of development |
YOUNGEST |
| Ben talks about the bedclothes |
BLANKETS |
| Broke loose |
ESCAPED |
| Canvas shelter |
TENT |
| Change for the better |
REFORM |
| Concerning oneself |
PERSONAL |
| Enthusiastically |
EAGERLY |
| Exertion to develop fitness |
EXERCISE |
| Football team |
ELEVEN |
| Gained by work |
EARNED |
| Hard, igneous rock |
GRANITE |
| In which to lay eggs |
NEST |
| Intrude, interfere |
MEDDLE |
| Ira came from there |
AMERICA |