| Regard, respect |
ESTEEM |
| Road surface material |
TARMAC |
| Search for water with a rod |
DIVINE |
| Second book of the Old Testament |
EXODUS |
| Serving cut from a larger portion |
SLICE |
| Sloping letter |
ITALIC |
| State of rapture |
ECSTASY |
| Stays on the surface of liquid |
FLOATS |
| Stinging sea creature |
JELLYFISH |
| The beginning stages |
ONSET |
| The Irish Republic |
EIRE |
| Thin fogs |
MISTS |
| Times set to complete projects |
DEADLINES |
| Transgressed the moral law |
SINNED |
| Very great, exceptional |
EXTREME |
| What one normally eats |
DIET |
| Wheel-shaft |
AXLE |
| Women, of refinement perhaps |
LADIES |