BAD-JECTIVES
This 5-letter word for anything bad also means to be infested with parasitic insects
lousy
It's not so funny when you hit the end of it:
EMU RUSH
humerus
"Home, home on the range, where" these play
the deer and the antelope
Drop an "E" from a lavish meal to get this verb meaning to abstain from food
fast
I've decided to participate; I'm throwing this item "into the ring"
hat
This class is taking forever! Time seems to be doing this, creeping forward on its hands & knees
crawling
This 10-letter word for evil schemes means belonging to or involving the devil
diabolical
You might become a knight while on one:
LATE PAL
patella
"O beautiful for spacious skies..."
for amber waves of grain
Drop the "L" from a type of bedspread to get this verb that means "to resign"
quit
Look at the size of you! You're "growing like" one of these normally unwelcome plants
weed
A simile says "slow as" this sweet foodstuff known as treacle in Great Britain
molasses
This word for "hateful" is related to the present-day French word "haine", meaning "hatred"
heinous
Front & center:
MR. TUNES
sternum
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when..."
skies are gray
Drop the "T" from intense fear to get this mistake
error
That pair is so alike, they're like these, a pair of legumes together
peas in a pod
If you're slow & low-energy, you're this adjective containing the name of a gastropod with no shell
sluggish
If someone calls you this, it can mean you are inadequate (or you arouse compassion)
pitiful
Tough to scratch:
CLAP USA
"Doe, a deer, a female deer; ray, a drop of golden sun; me..."
a name I call myself
A synonym for "vision" drops its "T" & becomes this sound of relief or weariness
sigh
We're doing it, no matter what, "come hell or" this other condition
high water
If you won't move, you dig in your heels; if you move slowly, you do this with them
drag
Not "were" but this 4-letter word for dreadful comes before the name of an extinct wolf
dire
It can be used to articulate in more than one sense:
MILD BEAN
mandible
"Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine..."
you are lost and gone forever
Drop the "F" from a word meaning very cold & it comes this, stiff or unyielding
rigid
You can do this for exercise, or to "your memory"
jog
This 10-letter verb means to diminish a vehicle's speed, especially with that brick wall ahead
decelerate