| Largest snake |
ANACONDA |
| Month of fasting for Muslims |
RAMADAN |
| Passages selected from a larger work |
EXCERPTS |
| Passes to, transfers |
DEVOLVES |
| Rebel, rise up against |
REVOLT |
| Remain behind |
STAY |
| Rich Russian with political influence |
OLIGARCH |
| Russian monarch |
TSAR |
| Science-fiction creatures |
ALIENS |
| Shows smug satisfaction in another's misfortune |
GLOATS |
| Six feet of water |
FATHOM |
| So eat in about here in Northern Europe |
ESTONIA |
| They come from Spain and Portugal |
IBERIANS |
| They're forbidden by religion or social custom |
TABOOS |
| Verse of a poem |
STANZA |
| Word for word |
VERBATIM |