| 50 |
HALFCENTURY |
| Academic absentee |
TRUANT |
| Adherent of a branch of Islam |
SHIITE |
| Balderdash |
ROT |
| Bleak — rigorous — austere |
SPARTAN |
| Bowl or jar of fragrant petals and spices |
POTPOURRI |
| Chance |
OPPORTUNITY |
| Confronted |
FACED |
| Diminutive inhabitant of Hundred Acre Wood |
ROO |
| Exultant |
COCKAHOOP |
| Farewell! |
ADIEU |
| Fish-eating bird of prey |
OSPREY |