| Acquire |
OBTAIN |
| Athenian - garret |
ATTIC |
| Beginning - first letter |
INITIAL |
| Brave - resolute |
VALIANT |
| Card game - boast |
BRAG |
| Channel isle |
GUERNSEY |
| Come up to - stretch between bends |
REACH |
| Criminal - taken in hand by bishop |
CROOK |
| Failed - deflated |
LETDOWN |
| Family - stress |
STRAIN |
| For now |
INTHEMEANTIME |
| Hectic competition |
RATRACE |
| Lame |
CRIPPLED |
