| Academic award |
DEGREE |
| Be present at |
ATTEND |
| Biblical first man |
ADAM |
| Dishonest dealers |
CHEATS |
| Embarrassedly shy |
SHEEPISH |
| Feudal labourer |
SERF |
| Harm; injure |
SCATHE |
| Influenza |
FLU |
| Make neat by cutting |
TRIM |
| Metal for sword blades |
Damascus steel |
| Nerve ending on the tongue |
taste bud |
| Period of the first dinosaurs |
TRIASSIC |
| Physical beating |
HIDING |