| Absence of light |
DARKNESS |
| Allotted share |
ALLOWANCE |
| Alloy of copper and tin |
BRONZE |
| Ben talks about the bedclothes |
BLANKETS |
| Break into pieces |
SMASH |
| Concerning the whole country |
NATIONAL |
| Conditional release of a prisoner |
PAROLE |
| Determined attempt |
EFFORT |
| Digging tools and card suit |
SPADES |
| Early blooming shrub with bright yellow flowers |
FORSYTHIA |
| Examined, tried |
TESTED |
| Fastener with a tapered threaded shank |
SCREW |
| Former Hindu tradition of a widow throwing herself on her husband's funeral pyre |
SUTTEE |
| Gained through work |
EARNED |
| Good at fitting in to new circumstances |
ADAPTABLE |
| Group gathered together for pleasure |
PARTY |
| It carries genetic information |
DNA |
| It pains one to be out here |
SPAIN |
