| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| RESORTTO | Fall back on, as in desperation |
| escapements | The part of the mechanism in a piano that enables the hammer to fall back as soon as it has struck the string |
| escapement | The part of the mechanism in a piano that enables the hammer to fall back as soon as it has struck the string |
| pratfall | a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating. |
| dumped | to let fall in or as if in a heap or mass dumped his clothes on the bed |
| thermidor | A reaction of moderates following a revolution, such as that which occurred in Paris on 9 Thermidor (July 27) 1794 and resulted in the fall of Robespierre |
