| Challenge or resist |
DEFY |
| Chest of drawers or an office |
BUREAU |
| Coax, inveigle |
CAJOLE |
| Decided the outcome |
JUDGED |
| Exclusive circle of people with a common purpose |
COTERIE |
| For nothing |
FREE |
| Formerly known as Nyasaland |
MALAWI |
| Group of hired applauders |
CLAQUE |
| Holder of an academic degree |
GRADUATE |
| Horny animal feet |
HOOVES |
| Letters, missives |
EPISTLES |
| Marine museum |
AQUARIUM |
| Moves unsteadily, stumbles |
FALTERS |
| One estimates the value of property |
ASSESSOR |
| One sees things as they should be rather than how they are |
IDEALIST |
| One with great sensitivity to beauty |
AESTHETE |