Crossword Clue:

to attack by words

Answer	Crossword Clue
SICEM	Words to an attack dog
ETTU	Response to an attack by a group of senators
CREED	Words to live by

MAXIM	Words to live by
OATH	Words to live by
MOTTOS	Words to swear by
ADIOSAMIGO	Words to leave by
ADAGE	Words to live by
SLOGANS	Words to live by
CREDO	Words to live by
AXIOM	Words to live by

TENET	Words to live by
MANTRA	Words to live by
MORAL	Words to live by
DOGMA	Words to live by
MOTTO	Words to live by
INNER	Private ... or a hint to the words spelled by the circled letters