| Native American tents |
TEEPEES |
| Necessary, required |
ESSENTIAL |
| One applies friction in a car |
BRAKEPAD |
| Pays off loans |
REDEEMS |
| Recurring sequences of events |
CYCLES |
| Rugby-players crouch here |
SCRUM |
| Set of steps |
STAIRCASE |
| Shade of brown, as in old photographs |
SEPIA |
| Shed them and cry |
TEARS |
| Short formal piece of writing |
ESSAY |
| Short-tailed wildcats |
LYNXES |
| Sign of a cold |
SNEEZE |
| Small opening or crevice |
CRANNY |
| Southern German state |
BAVARIA |
| Standards of perfection |
IDEALS |
| Systematic plan |
SCHEME |
| Top or highest point |
ACME |
| Way of acting |
MANNER |