| A Socratic country in Central America, oddly |
COSTARICA |
| At this moment in time |
NOW |
| Bitterness or ill-feeling |
ACRIMONY |
| Change from one thing to another by turns |
ALTERNATE |
| Complete and disastrous failure |
FIASCO |
| Crested waterfowl |
GREBES |
| For writing and for wrapping |
PAPER |
| French impressionist painter |
MONET |
| Frightening, terrible |
FEARSOME |
| Globular organ |
EYE |
| Goddess of the dawn |
AURORA |
| Godlike |
DIVINE |
| Hang back or waste time |
DAWDLE |
| Is parrot about to fly from these? |
AIRPORTS |
| Larva of a fly |
MAGGOT |
| Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay |
DECADENT |
| More facile |
EASIER |
| Moving slowly, with body near the ground |
CREEPING |
