| Open a little |
AJAR |
| Our Mutual ___ , Charles Dickens' last completed novel |
FRIEND |
| Perceptive |
ASTUTE |
| Postscript |
ADDENDUM |
| Rudely brief |
CURT |
| Shopkeeper |
RETAILER |
| Sound quality |
TONE |
| Stuff full |
CRAM |
| Time limit for buying food products |
SELLBYDATE |
| Was significant |
MATTERED |
| With an outer covering |
CLAD |
| ___ Mary, Queen of England, 1553-58 |
BLOODY |