| Greyish-yellow colour |
ECRU |
| Harass, beleaguer |
BESIEGE |
| It's corrosive |
ACID |
| Japanese rice drink |
SAKE |
| Looking at likenesses and differences |
COMPARING |
| Makes ready |
PREPARES |
| Married men |
HUSBANDS |
| More close at hand |
NEARER |
| Nearer |
CLOSER |
| Niche, inlet |
RECESS |
| Physical activities |
SPORTS |
| Puts into the ground to grow |
PLANTS |
| Rarely |
SELDOM |
| Reddenings of the face, in embarrassment perhaps |
BLUSHES |
| State of rapture |
ECSTASY |
| Stress, tension |
STRAIN |
| Ten years |
DECADE |
| The study of celestial bodies |
ASTRONOMY |
