| - Kilmer, US_actor |
VAL |
| Blockade of a fortress |
SIEGE |
| Child's amusement |
TOY |
| Coercion |
FORCE |
| Conifer |
FIR |
| Continue to exist |
PERSIST |
| Dissolving liquid |
SOLVENT |
| English navigator executed for treason in 1618 |
RALEIGH |
| Exact |
PRECISE |
| Frantic |
HECTIC |
| Highest in rank |
SUPREME |
| Hollow (in a wall) |
RECESS |
| Knives, forks, etc. |
CUTLERY |
| La Traviata composer |
VERDI |