| A child's dog |
BOWWOW |
| A complete failure - too much rain |
WASHOUT |
| American state, capital Carson City |
NEVADA |
| Animal's home or gent's study |
DEN |
| Armed chair or sharp knife |
CARVER |
| Be too hasty or too fast |
RUSH |
| Become less formal, straighten up |
UNBEND |
| Cold sauce, popular with fish |
TARTAR |
| Cry of a crow |
CAW |
| Determined, unyielding to requests |
ADAMANT |
| Disparage, regard as unimportant |
DECRY |
| Distributes, gives as share |
ALLOTS |
| Equipped with weapons |
ARMED |
| Fee paid for use of a public road |
TOLL |
| Hard stone or lively music |
ROCK |
| Hard work or work hard |
TOIL |
| Having no purpose or target |
AIMLESS |
| Herb with feathery leaves and spicy seeds |
DILL |
| Holy place, often inner |
SANCTUM |
| Holy smoke |
INCENSE |
| J D Salinger wrote 'The . . . . . . . in the Rye' |
CATCHER |
