| A herb; sounds like prison sentence |
THYME |
| Amass |
PILEUP |
| Charles ---, difference-engine inventor |
BABBAGE |
| Circus bar on ropes |
TRAPEZE |
| Eat less |
DIET |
| Farming |
AGRICULTURE |
| Feather for writing |
QUILL |
| Got down to pray |
KNEELED |
| Grim, strict |
STERN |
| Huge teapot |
URN |
| In guarded fashion |
CAGILY |
| Insect, may be in bonnet |
BEE |
| Interrupt |
DISTURB |
