clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
around the world; throughout the world
regret; repentance; remorse
kind; sort; species; species