| Over-riding negative vote |
VETO |
| Pass around the snakes |
ASPS |
| Postponement of the death sentence |
REPRIEVE |
| Restrain with bird's wing? |
PINION |
| Shape of the new moon |
CRESCENT |
| Socrates in most unrefined form |
COARSEST |
| Socratic sort of word puzzle |
ACROSTIC |
| Sphere or territory |
DOMAIN |
| Squalid and depraved |
SORDID |
| Star-shaped symbol as reference mark |
ASTERISK |
| Stately and splendid display |
POMP |
| Tall tower with spire on top of church |
STEEPLE |
| The archangel with a trumpet |
GABRIEL |
| Unassuming or decent |
MODEST |
| Very fine, quite glorioous |
SPLENDID |
| Wraps up, covers on all sides |
ENVELOPS |