Cueshtick

Each of these clues lead to a five-letter answer. When all of the clues are answered correctly the third letter from each word will spell out the answer to:

An appropriate subtitle for a book titled "The Life and Times of a Sheep Shearer" could be... "A Flock and Wool Story"

-1. gather
-2. hint or imply
-3. part of a river or an airline
-4. a bit of garlic
-5. recess
-6. it could be wild in a card game
-7. word with age or race
-8. horse, bean or car
-9. IRS fear
-10. a gem of a singer?
-11. temperamental
-12. ham it up
-13. word with light or auto
-14. pert
-15. offering
-16. a negative terminal
-17. choice on a blender
-18. homonym for a word that goes with over or magazine

1. amass

2. argue

Howdy Cue.

2. infer
8. pinto

4. Clove
6. Joker

Bernie

3.Delta

9. audit

10. Jewel
11. moody

18. thyme

16, anode ??

17. pulse

5. niche

13. pilot

12. hokum

14. sassy
17. puree

Off to a great start..almost done actually!

Cheryl gets 2, Joan gets 17. Gerry, try again

7. space

12.Emote

15. tithe

A Flock and Wool Story.

Nice finish

The Life and Times of a Sheep Shearer: A Flock and Wool Story