| Less firm, loud |
SOFTER |
| Lose intensity |
FADE |
| Mogadishu its capital |
SOMALIA |
| Mussolini movement |
FASCISM |
| Proof; a religious ceremony |
CONFIRMATION |
| Punctuation mark; hurry |
DASH |
| Reciprocal |
MUTUAL |
| Remain; prop |
STAY |
| Russian country cottage |
DACHA |
| S. French city, Roman remains |
NIMES |
| Sophisticated city dweller |
MANABOUTTOWN |
| Two dots over German vowel |
UMLAUT |