it's very hard to see how many letters this is. giving larger - marks and saying how many would be helpful. if it's 8 it looks like.....covenant. cove + tan backwards with n(novel) in it.
i couldn't be bothered to count how many letters.
knowing that the 2nd one was a down clue would have helped too.
moany,moan,moan.
glad you got your answers tho.