Paravane (5 letters)

Things on strings (6 letters)

Plant growth medium (7 letters)

Common contraction (3 letters)

"My country ___ . . . " (3 letters)

Prof. helpers (3 letters)

Colorful fish (4 letters)

"___ in my memory lock'd": Ophelia (3 letters)

Black, to Blake (4 letters)

Kolinsky, e.g. (4 letters)