| Layered sedimentary rock |
SHALE |
| One has an extraordinary talent |
GENIUS |
| Play a part |
ACT |
| Pledges, vows |
PROMISES |
| Religious address |
SERMON |
| Ritual suicide by samurai |
HARAKIRI |
| Rude or knowing very little |
IGNORANT |
| Sacred songs of praise |
PSALMS |
| Sculpted figure |
STATUE |
| Small single-storeyed houses |
COTTAGES |
| Spatter with water |
SPLASH |
| Speaker systems and Twitter users |
TWEETERS |
| State in the Rocky Mountains |
IDAHO |
| Steep rock-faces |
CLIFFS |
| They cause things to happen |
CATALYSTS |
| To do with money |
FINANCIAL |
| Weariness or boredom |
ENNUI |
| Wheeled vehicle |
CAR |