| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| STEP | Bit of progress, as it were |
| TOOKANAP | Recharged one's batteries for a bit, as it were |
| SNEEZEAT | Make light of, as it were |
| NINGROD | Source of frequent criticism, as it were |
| seething | (of a river or the sea) Foam as if it were boiling; be turbulent |
| talipots | A tall Indian palm with very large fan-shaped leaves that are used as sunshades and for thatching, and to make the material upon which books were traditionally written. When the talipot matures, at about 40รป60 years, it sends up a 25-foot (8-m) stalk bearing millions of flowers, and subsequently the tree dies |
