| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| SOURCEOFTROUBLE | Bane or scourge |
| stripes | A blow with a scourge or lash |
| pejoration | degeneration of a word or term eg "hector" has degenerated from "hero" to scourge |
| pejorations | PEJORATION, degeneration of a word or term eg "hector" has degenerated from "hero" to scourge |
| RUINER | Bane or undoer |
| RAIN | A blessing or bane |
| BART | Homer's bane or boy |
| urbanity | bane acts or conduct |
| FLEA | Kind of bag or bane |
| FORGERY | Bane of art dealer or banker. |
| bane | source of harm or ruin curse national frontiers have been more of a bane than a boon for mankind D. C. Thomson |
