| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| STEM | Slender support | |
| SLENDER | Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance. | |
| CALCAR | A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight. | |
| PEDICEL | A slender support of any special organ, as that of a capsule in mosses, an air vesicle in algae, or a sporangium in ferns. | |
| HEELSPUR | A slender bony or cartilaginous process developed from the heel bone of bats. It helps to support the wing membranes. See Illust. of Cheiropter. | |
| LEG | That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any long and slender support on which any object rests; as, the leg of a table; the leg of a pair of compasses or dividers. | |
| STAKE | A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc. | |