| Make known, disclose |
REVEAL |
| Nearly, all but |
ALMOST |
| Noisily expelling air from the lungs |
COUGHING |
| O |
OXYGEN |
| Officially allow |
PERMIT |
| Portuguese city |
OPORTO |
| Refined and graceful |
ELEGANT |
| Requiring less effort |
EASIER |
| Russian carriage pulled by three horses |
TROIKA |
| Skin disorder |
ACNE |
| Small species of turtle |
TERRAPIN |
| Stablemen at inns of old |
OSTLERS |
| Substance believed to cure all ills |
ELIXIR |
| The whole world |
UNIVERSE |
| Thin plastic or paper tubes |
STRAWS |
| Throws out |
EJECTS |
| Vigil for a corpse |
WAKE |
| XC |
NINETY |