| DESOLATION | | TIMES PASSED; OLD TIMES |
| UNCEASINGLY | | USEFUL; SENSIBLE; UTILITARIAN |
| SCOWLED | | BROKEN DOWN OR WORN OUT BY OLD AGE, ILLNESS, ETC. |
| RAVENS | | CHANGED; MADE DIFFERENT |
| YORE | | KNOWLEDGE, AND THE JUDGEMENT TO USE THAT KNOWLEDGE WELL |
| PRACTICAL | | TURNING AROUND AND AROUND; CIRCLING |
| CONTRIVED | | REMAINDER; THAT WHICH REMAINS OF A FORMER AMOUNT OR NUMBER |
| AMENDS | | KILLED |
| FOREMOST | | RUINED, UNINHABITED, OR WASTED AREA |
| GUARDIAN | | ODOR; REDOLENCE; SMELL |
| ABROAD | | BUILT; CONSTRUCTED |
| DWELLS | | LARGE NUMBER; CROWD; MULTITUDE |
| DECREPIT | | LARGE BLACK BIRDS, SIMILAR TO CROWS |
| ALTERED | | ATONEMENT; REPAYMENT OR COMPENSATION |
| RUDE | | WANTED; DESIRED; WAS JEALOUS OR ENVIOUS OF |
| SNAILS | | DEAD, ROTTING ANIMALS; ROAD KILL |
| COCKED | | MINERS OF ROCK OR STONE |
| COVETED | | ILL-MANNERED; DISCOURTEOUS |
| REMNANT | | CUT; CHISELED |
| WHEELING | | AWAY FROM HOME; OUTSIDE ONE'S COUNTRY |
| MIRTH | | TURNED AT A SLANT OR TO ONE SIDE |
| HITHER | | FROWNED IN ANGER OR DISPLEASURE |
| WISDOM | | IN THE FRONT; IN THE CHIEF OR MOST IMPORTANT PLACE |
| SLAIN | | CONDITION; PREDICAMENT |
| HOST | | ONE WHO GUARDS OR WATCHES OVER |
| ORDINARY | | TOWARD THIS PLACE; HERE |
| FRAGRANCE | | MOLLUSKS; GASTROPODS WITH SHELLS |
| TIDINGS | | WITHOUT END; WITHOUT STOPPING; GOING ON WITHOUT END |
| QUARRIERS | | LIVES; ABIDES |
| HEWN | | COMMON BLACK BIRDS |
| STARLINGS | | COMMONPLACE; OF THE USUAL OR CUSTOMARY SORT |
| CARRION | | NEWS; INFORMATION |
| PLIGHT | | JOY; MERRIMENT; HAPPINESS |