| ... Sam, the US government |
UNCLE |
| Ancient galley with two banks of oars |
BIREME |
| Apostles, jury and months |
TWELVE |
| Broke apart or in two |
SUNDERED |
| Celebrity, fame |
RENOWN |
| Chief, primary |
MAIN |
| Disobedience to the rules of a court of law |
CONTEMPT |
| Existing |
LIVING |
| Fasteners, as on necklaces perhaps |
CLASPS |
| Fe |
IRON |
| Food and drink regularly consumed |
DIET |
| Gilded |
GOLDEN |
| Growing old |
AGEING |
| Hybrid of a tangerine and a grapefruit |
UGLI |
| In that place |
THERE |
| It carries the horizontal thread in weaving |
SHUTTLE |
| Long seat |
BENCH |
| Make steady progress, flourished |
PROSPERED |
