| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| purism | word, phrase, or sense used chiefly by purists |
| expletives | A word or phrase used to fill out a sentence or a line of verse without adding to the sense |
| expletive | A word or phrase used to fill out a sentence or a line of verse without adding to the sense |
| mended | improve or strengthen (as a relationship) by negotiation or conciliation used chiefly in the phrase mend fences spends the weekend mending political fences E. O. Hauser |
| transferred | Change (the sense of a word or phrase) by extension or metaphor |
| transferring | Change (the sense of a word or phrase) by extension or metaphor |
