stuck on one in echo alewife 8 letters s?w?e?l? and 2 in agriword is the novice allways to get prize 5 letters le?e? the french ship is no more 4 letters ?e?s all help gratefully received Míle buiochas
I was stuck on that too. I googled alewife, knowing it was a fish, but did not read the page closely enough to find an alternative name. It is not in Chambers, though it is in the OED.