➡A chemical compound often used in fertilizer: Nitrate

➡Accommodation for a limited time: Stays

➡An excuse for not being somewhere: Alibi

➡Body part for smelling: Nose

➡Bright and intense sensory experience: Vividly

➡Conjunction used to give a reason: Because

➡Cooking apparatus with burners: Ranges

➡Delay or fall behind: Lag

➡Essential nutrient for building muscles and repairing tissues: Protein

➡Exams that measure knowledge or ability: Tests

➡Excavate or search: Dig

➡Farewell expression when leaving: Bye

➡Fish that is often cooked with lemon: Salmon

➡Genre of literature or performance focused on emotional conflicts: Drama

➡Horse control device: Rein

➡Investors who take high risks for potential profit: Speculators

➡Nearest in distance or relationship: Closest

➡Opponent or foe in a conflict or competition: Enemy

➡Person who goes to stores to buy items: Shopper

➡Prominent or notable feature: Salient

➡Protective clothing worn by mechanics or painters: Coveralls

➡Registration for a course or program: Enrollments

➡Relating to heredity and DNA: Genetic

➡Shortened term for sister: Sis

➡Skill of stitching fabrics together: Sew

➡Small Animal That Can Scare Adults: A cold blooded reptile such as the gecko: Lizard

➡Small Animal That Can Scare Adults: Busy worker in garden: Bee

➡Small Animal That Can Scare Adults: Cousin of a mouse: Rat

➡Small Animal That Can Scare Adults: Cricket-eating amphibian: Toad

➡Small Animal That Can Scare Adults: Pest on a kitty: Flea

➡Small Animal That Can Scare Adults: Web designer in forest: Spider

➡Speaking sacrilegiously about something holy: Blasphemy

➡Strange and mysterious in an unsettling way: Uncanny

➡Surface that is rough or uneven: Bumpy

➡To inhale through the nose to detect something: Sniff

➡Type of alcohol found in alcoholic drinks: Ethanol

➡Woody plant that is smaller than a tree: Shrub