| Military movement at funereal pace |
SLOWMARCH |
| Month |
OCTOBER |
| Pictorial pun - fictional detective |
REBUS |
| Purse (in the American sense) |
HANDBAG |
| Recessed bay window |
ORIEL |
| Small deep blue flower |
GENTIAN |
| Spite |
RANCOUR |
| Strips of pasta for soup |
NOODLES |
| Suggested explanation |
THEORY |
| Talisman |
MASCOT |
| Tool for breaking and entering |
CROWBAR |
| True |
LOYAL |
| Western half of Hispaniola |
HAITI |
