| Hens or strata |
LAYERS |
| Idiotic animal |
ASS |
| Join up |
ENLIST |
| Mal, BAs can produce a healing agent |
BALSAM |
| Of the ear |
AURAL |
| Poem or scene of rustic simplicity |
IDYLL |
| Slippery fish |
EEL |
| Stare oddly at the flower |
ASTER |
| Surpassed all others |
EXCELLED |
| Tart laws could be strong and sturdy |
STALWART |
| The bird of The Ancient Mari- ner |
ALBATROSS |
| This person can be found in a plane or a boat |
PILOT |
| Threat or severe nuisance |
MENACE |
| Tree for Mel |
ELM |
| Vegetable with crisp stalks |
CELERY |
| Weight to show vertical direction |
PLUMB |
| When searching, leave no stone thus |
UNTURNED |