| . . . . . Island is state of USA |
RHODE |
| A horse soldier's spear |
LANCE |
| A particular area for paces |
SPACE |
| Abbreviation in correspondence for last month |
ULT |
| About to happen very soon |
IMMINENT |
| Become visible like ghost |
APPEAR |
| Coarse, of the soil |
EARTHY |
| Cobras, adders etc |
SNAKES |
| Colloquially, resist change or be conservative |
STANDPAT |
| Discard, throw overboard |
JETTISON |
| Donkey or foolish person |
ASS |
| Go off at . . . . . . . ., before you are ready |
HALFCOCK |
| Images of prejudice against the elderly |
AGEISM |
| Informally, cannot be permitted or tolerated |
NOTON |
| Isaac . . . . . ., great English physicist |
NEWTON |
| Large bodies of water surrounded by land |
LAKES |
| Large eared mammals of the Pacific, named for Leo |
SEALIONS |
| Less valuable edible parts of animal |
OFFAL |
