| Be situated on both sides of |
STRADDLE |
| Before long |
SOON |
| Consoling aspect of a difficult situation |
SILVERLINING |
| Decisive defeat |
ROUT |
| Device that keeps something horizontal while its support tips |
GIMBAL |
| Diced — raised to the third power |
CUBED |
| English composer, d. 1976 |
BRITTEN |
| Gateway |
PORTAL |
| German poet, d. 1832 |
GOETHE |
| Graze on the skin |
ABRASION |
| Grinding machine |
MILL |
| High-ranking bureaucrat |
MANDARIN |
