| High regard, respect |
ESTEEM |
| Holiness |
SANCTITY |
| Literary genre for the stage |
DRAMA |
| Loathing, enmity |
HATRED |
| Lowly, work say |
MENIAL |
| Our gents caught a large fish |
STURGEON |
| Resist an attack |
DEFEND |
| Sign or warning of an event likely to happen |
PORTENT |
| Small appetizer |
CANAPE |
| Snappy reply |
RETORT |
| Spicy pepper sauce |
TABASCO |
| Spike of the willow |
CATKIN |
| Strict, stark |
SEVERE |
| Symbol of disgrace or infamy |
STIGMA |
| The one who tells the story |
NARRATOR |
| Usual, not extraordinary |
NORMAL |
| Where loans against personal property are obtained |
PAWNSHOPS |
| Widespread decline in trade and employment |
RECESSION |