| A protruding belly |
PAUNCH |
| A self-service restaurant |
CAFETERIA |
| Approve and sign |
RATIFY |
| Aroused from sleep |
AWAKENED |
| Artist's tripod |
EASEL |
| Attentive, watchful |
ALERT |
| Australian arboreal marsupials |
KOALAS |
| Be ill or unwell |
AIL |
| Can armies be found over in New York, say |
AMERICANS |
| Compensation for a wrong |
ATONEMENT |
| Deem to be |
CONSIDER |
| Distinctive smell |
ODOUR |
| Electrically-charged particle |
ION |
| Excessively enthusiastic |
FANATICAL |
| Inaccurate in pitch |
OFFKEY |
| Involuntary twitch |
TIC |
| It would be difficult to find in a haystack |
NEEDLE |
| It's on the shelf during Yuletide |
ELF |