across

spoke

jar

sawyer

adornment/ beauty/ decoration/ garnish/ inflorescence/ inlay

beautify/ garnish

valanced

jardinière

arrangement/ decoration/ embellishment/ orderliness/ preparation

arranged/ bedecked/ decorated/ equipped/ inwrought/ ornate/ spruced/ uncluttered

(well)equipped

adorn/ arrange/ bedeck/ decorate/ dispose/ equip/ invest/ mense/ rig/ varnish

garniture

alleviation/ comfort/ comfortableness/ convenience/ cure/ ease/ quiet/ relief/ repose/ respite/ rest

recuperate

idle/ indolent/ inert/ lazy/ otiose/ slothful/ supine

indolency

ease

comforting

comfortable/ cushy/ restful

nourish/ rest

relaxed

idle/ indolent/ inert/ otiose

indolency/ otiosity

armchair

unbend

repose

quietude

bedroom/ residence

ambition/ ardent desire/ aspiration/ desideratum/ desire/ hankering/ hunger/ longing/ solicitude/ wish/ yearning/ yen

aspire

longingly

desire/ want

aspirant

keenness

mirror

saw

Aryan

avarice/ greed/ greediness/ voracity

unrestrained

freethinker/ freethinking

heterodoxy/ liberalism/ liberality

uninhibitedly

heterodox

undaunted

undauntedly

unbend/ unchain

absolve/ discharge/ liberate/ rid/ unbind

insouciant/ undaunted

undauntedly

independently

acquittal/ deliverance/ freedom

discharged/ liberated

bold/ fearless

hardihood

release

enfranchise/ enfree

ventilate

ailment/ disease/ hardship/ injury/ malady/ obsession/ plague/ trouble/ woe

drawstring

torment/ vex

gall/ persecute/ plague

persecution/ tormenting

hurtful/ persecuting/ troublesome

vexedness

distressed/ tormented/ vexed

worrisome

annoying/ distressing

tormenting

gloom/ resentment/ sullenness/ trouble/ vexedness/ woe

wanly

surly

baleful

aggrieve

approof/ experiment/ proving/ test/ testing/ trial

preliminary/ trying

trial run

scrutinise/ tempt/ test/ try

ordeal

grasping

proved/ tested

veteran

barrier/ concealment/ covering/ defence/ excuse/ intervention/ marrow/ prop/ protection/ screen/ shade/ shelter/ veil

conceal/ screen/ shelter

behind

handspike

squint

difficult moment

agency/ brokerage/ commission

consign

broker/ broker’s commission/ jobber

peach

nectarine

bud/ chum/ (close)friend/ pal/ partner/ yokefellow

criss cross

jaggy

preclude

obviate

block/ contain/ help/ interclude/ interject/ interpose/ obstruct/ protect/ shield/ stint

desire/ expectation/ faith/ hope/ longing/ mainstay/ refuge/ resource/ shelter

neighbourhood/ surrounding

disappoint

solace

hope