| New York City borough |
BRONX |
| Not quite as it should be |
AMISS |
| Occupy in large numbers |
OVERRUN |
| Pace |
STEP |
| Quicker |
SWIFTER |
| Root used in medicine |
MANDRAKE |
| Rubber on wheel |
TYRE |
| Showing signs of talent |
BUDDING |
| Slope |
INCLINE |
| Slow-moving mollusc |
SNAIL |
| Statement taken as true |
AXIOM |
| Steep rock face |
CLIFF |
| Unassuming character |
MODESTY |
| Untrue |
FALSE |
| Yellow-flowered shrub |
GORSE |
