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gOT ABSOLUTELY...(Sorry caps on again!)nowhere today.

Well done Rosie, love the word Skew-whiff...

Sorry just got in. Well done all
Could Field of salt be "Preserve"?
Clasp (holding) +Loe (River in Ireland gives "collapse" - topple over?

Is no.3 Granular ?
(granular field ) of salt = granular
maybe not!
Cup of builder's anyone?

I was surprised to see that Chambers doesn't have this meaning:
Main Entry: compensation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: repayment; rectification
Synonyms: advantage, allowance, amends, atonement, benefit, bonus, bread, consideration, counterclaim, coverage, damages, defrayal, deserts, earnings, fee*, gain, honorarium, indemnification, indemnity, meet, pay, payment, payoff, premium, profit, quittance, reciprocity, reckoning, recompense, recoupment, redress, reimbursement, remittal, remittance, remuneration, reparation, reprisal, requital, restitution, reward, salary, salt , satisfaction, scale, settlement, shake, stipend, take*, take-home, wage

Or this one. Just curious. Is salt in this sense an Americanism?
Main Entry: subsistence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: provisions for survival
Synonyms: affluence, aliment, alimentation, bread and butter , bread, capital, circumstances, competence, earnings, existence, food, fortune, gratuity, income, independence, keep, legacy, livelihood, living, maintenance, means, money, necessities, nurture, pension, property, provision, ration, resources, riches, salary, salt, substance, support, sustenance, upkeep, victuals, wages, wealth, wherewithal

AB: You must be right. I had thought of preserve, but as a set-aside parcel of land, which seems tenuous. As province it works.

And Jolan must be dining again! Please pass the salt.

Tincture? (field in heraldry)

I missed AB's answer

din din personal best?