| BRAVE | Fine adjective or a verb maybe |
| NOUN | Word before a verb, maybe |
| TENSE | In a state of nervous tension or a verb lost in time? (5) |
| TOTES | Brand of umbrellas or a verb meaning carries |
| PROSE | Adjectives -- or pronouns -- will hold back such writing (5) |
| ADVERB | Word or phrase that modiefies the meaning of an adjective or verb (5) |
| EPITHET | An adjective or phrase expressing a quality seen as characteristic of a person or thing (7) |
| ENS | An S-shaped article, such as a link of a livery collar; or, a suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives or traditionally denoting "female" (3) |
| STEW | Hearty meal ladled into bowls or a verb meaning worry |
| ZEUGMA | Figure of speech in which an adjective or verb is applied to two nouns in different senses, as in '[they] covered themselves with dust and glory' (Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) |
| EPITHETS | Adjectives or short phrases expressing some quality of a person or thing (8) |
| SPOOM | A variation of "foam" that, as a verb, means "scud or sail fast before the wind"; or, as a noun, a frothy sorbet (5) |
| VERB | Parts of speech, noun, adjective or ... |
| RECIPROCAL | Adjective or noun expressing mutual action (10) |
| SUPERLATIVE | Form of adjective or adverb (11) |
| BROIL | From "to burn", a verb meaning barbecue, grill or roast; or, an archaic noun for a quarrel or commotion (5) |
| VERBS | Not adjectives or nouns |
| AGENT | Category of noun indicating the person or thing performing the action of a verb, typically ending in -er or -or (5) |
| AVAIL | What word as a verb means "to have force" and as a noun means "an advantage to an end"? (5) |
| NOUNS | Words that can be the subject or object of a verb (5) |
