| Luke or John, say |
APOSTLE |
| Matured |
AGED |
| More indolent |
LAZIER |
| Movement towards a goal |
PROGRESS |
| Obscured a part of a text for legal or security reasons |
REDACTED |
| Putting a question to |
ASKING |
| Rob Morse of his strange hat |
SOMBRERO |
| Slow-moving slugs |
SNAILS |
| Small representative part |
SAMPLE |
| South American state |
BRAZIL |
| Test of a performer's suitability |
AUDITION |
| The buying and selling of goods and services |
COMMERCE |
| Toothed wheel mechanism |
GEAR |
| Tough fibrous tissue in the body |
LIGAMENT |
| Unexpected, without warning |
SUDDEN |
| Unopened flowers |
ROSEBUDS |