| Accidental escape |
LEAKAGE |
| Act of make-believe |
PRETENCE |
| Bathroom item |
SOAP |
| Coffin support |
BIER |
| Eg, oxygen |
GAS |
| Fine open fabric |
LACE |
| General public |
POPULACE |
| German city |
DRESDEN |
| Impassive, expressionless |
DEADPAN |
| James —, US humorist |
THURBER |
| Leather fastening |
STRAP |
| Loosened; ruined |
UNDID |
| Make minor improvements to (a document) |
AMEND |
| Make very frightened |
TERRIFY |
