| ''A miss is as good as . . . . .'' |
AMILE |
| 8th century Hebrew prophet and O.T. Book |
ISAIAH |
| A tape passes through it |
EYELET |
| A very small allowance or wage |
PITTANCE |
| Atrophied like Greek goddess of love |
APHRODITE |
| Autumnal red |
RUSSET |
| Competent, having ability |
CAPABLE |
| Continuing or continually |
ONANDON |
| Dante's beloved, immortalised in ''Divine Comedy'' |
BEATRICE |
| Dickens novel ''Little . . . . . .'' |
DORRIT |
| Evil owner of lupine female |
WOLVERINE |
| Faithful and true |
LOYAL |
| Feeling produced by stimulation, or dramatic news (9) |
SENSATION |
| Group of eight, say singers |
OCTET |
| Having even surface with no projections |
SMOOTH |
| Hears poem about arm signalling system |
SEMAPHORE |
| Hollywood Academy Awards |
OSCARS |
| I ban oars over skin scrape |
ABRASION |
