| 'Up the . . . . mountain / Down the rushy glen' (William Allingham) |
AIRY |
| A musical work |
OPUS |
| Against |
VERSUS |
| Arch of the foot |
INSTEP |
| Arid areas |
DESERTS |
| Beginnings, ancestry |
ORIGINS |
| Breakfast food from grain |
CEREAL |
| Chum |
PAL |
| Consume |
EAT |
| Continue to exist |
ENDURE |
| Demean, cheapen |
DEGRADE |
| Dried-up |
SERE |
| Eight performers |
OCTET |
| Enclosure of wire or metal bars |
CAGE |
| Fe |
IRON |
| Fervent |
ARDENT |
| Flat raised land |
PLATEAU |
| Fondle |
CARESS |
| From which great oak trees grow |
ACORNS |
| Give counsel |
ADVISE |
| Grey-barked tree |
ASH |
