| Adventurous, bold |
DARING |
| Became less by degrees |
DWINDLED |
| Celebrity, fame |
RENOWN |
| Destructive or badly-behaved youth |
HOOLIGAN |
| Exclamation of discovery |
EUREKA |
| Female singing voice |
ALTO |
| Fleshy fungus |
MUSHROOM |
| For the reason that |
BECAUSE |
| French cooking |
CUISINE |
| Grant to help defray costs |
SUBSIDY |
| His paper can be made into a jewel |
SAPPHIRE |
| In proper order or sequence |
INTURN |
| In the middle of |
AMONGST |
| Large square-cut stone |
ASHLAR |
| Large tropical snake |
ANACONDA |
| Narrows toward a point |
TAPERS |