| SUMPSI | I took or chose: sumo, sumere, ____, sumptum |
| REFRAINED | Umpire showered... or chose not to? (9) |
| ACCEPTED | Took or received (8) |
| REGAINED | Took or won back |
| BORROWED | Took or appropriated |
| ARMA | ____ sumere to take up weapons, prepare for war |
| MUTUAS | Borrowed, lent (fem. acc. plur.); ____ pecunias sumere, to borrow money |
| ELEVARE | Tollere, sumere ad locum altiorem |
| PLATH | Poet who wrote "I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am" |
| ABOOK | "Going to China, or maybe Siam; I wanna see for myself; Those faraway places I've been reading about; In ..., that I took, from the shelf" (1,4) |
| PATIENCE | After I took my naughty niece, Penny, to Teignmouth, I had a headache and was in tatters! I need more capacity to keep calm (8) |
| LANDSLIDE | Fleetwood Mac song that begins "I took my love / I took it down" |
| REACHED | "Down the bay where the nights are gay; And the sun shines daily on the mountain top; I took a trip on a sailing ship; And when I ... Jamaica I made a stop" |
| INITIAL | First I took Latin - I got ploughed |
| LESS | "And I - I took the one ___ traveled by": Robert Frost |
| RELAXED | I took it easy! I used a red axle! (7) |
| DUG | "I ___ you so much, I took some for the team" (song lyric from 2009) |
| FROST | "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by" poet |
| FICTION | Strong action I took over a lie (7) |
| OPIATE | After operation I took analgesic (6) |
