The Singing Mermaid

Question 1

Cockle

Answer 1

an edible burrowing bivalve mollusc with a strong ribbed shell.

Question 2

Mussel

Answer 2

any of a number of bivalve molluscs with a brown or purplish-black shell.

Question 3

Glee

Answer 3

Great delight.

He heard the mermaid singing and he rubbed his hands with glee.

Question 4

Sly

Answer 4

having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature.

“a sly, manipulative woman”

Question 5

Deafening

Answer 5

(of a noise) so loud as to make it impossible to hear anything else.

“the music reached a deafening crescendo”

Question 6

Perch

Answer 6

(of a bird) alight or rest on something.

“a herring gull perched on the rails”