| 19th-century French novelist |
ZOLA |
| A. A. Milne's eternal pessimist |
EEYORE |
| All right |
OKAY |
| Aromatic plant |
HYSSOP |
| Babble |
GIBBER |
| Blood |
GORE |
| Celebrate; village fair |
FETE |
| Charge exorbitantly |
FLEECE |
| Complete construction of a building |
TOPOUT |
| Dawdle |
POTTER |
| Den |
LAIR |
| Grant immunity |
EXEMPT |
| Grasp |
HOLD |
| Indian killers of snakes and rats |
MONGOOSES |
| Innocent-looking |
DOEEYED |
| Jug |
EWER |