| Ignominy, dishonour |
DISGRACE |
| Inquires |
ASKS |
| Intricately connected system |
NETWORK |
| Is this bird daft? |
CUCKOO |
| Largest continent |
ASIA |
| Living |
EXISTING |
| Pendent spears of frozen water |
ICICLES |
| Perusers |
READERS |
| Phoned or visited |
CALLED |
| Railcar |
CARRIAGE |
| Relating to speech |
ORAL |
| Short, high-pitched noise |
SQUEAK |
| Stretched to the limit |
STRAINED |
| Symptom of a cold |
SNEEZE |
| Take to it if the ship is sinking |
LIFEBOAT |
| Type of bean |
RUNNER |