| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| GAS | It's often passed in silence |
| BADJOKE | It's often met with silence |
| SALT | It's often passed |
| LORE | It's often passed down |
| LIES | "The cruelest ... are often told in silence": Robert Louis Stevenson |
| BATON | It's passed in relays |
| PEACEPIPE | It's passed in friendship |
| COLLECTIONPLATE | It's passed in pews |
| NOTE | It's passed in class |
| NOTE | It's passed in school |
| LOI | It's passed in a senat |
| WAS | Word in the first sentence of a Wikipedia article that indicates its subject passed away |
