| Rasp; shred |
GRATE |
| Rely |
DEPEND |
| Robert the -, Scots king |
BRUCE |
| Robinson - (Defoe) |
CRUSOE |
| S. American country |
ECUADOR |
| Severe suffering |
TORMENT |
| Site of former naval dockyard in Isle of Sheppey |
SHEERNESS |
| Stun with heavy blow |
CONCUSS |
| Tartan twill cloth |
PLAID |
| Tenacious, persistent |
DOGGED |
| Transport plying to and fro |
SHUTTLE |
| Verb implying duty; zero, nothing (archaic) |
OUGHT |
| Weak old person |
DOTARD |