| A major type of cancer |
CARCINOMA |
| Assign a name to |
CALL |
| Assimilate or soak up |
ABSORB |
| Decorations, embellishments |
ORNAMENTS |
| Deprive of food |
STARVE |
| Emblem, to symbolise membership perhaps |
BADGE |
| Exams, trials |
TESTS |
| Expressed gratitude |
THANKED |
| Ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the Styx |
CHARON |
| Forgive for sins |
ABSOLVE |
| Free of extraneous elements of any kind |
PURE |
| Frightful, ugly |
HORRIBLE |
| Greek dish with aubergines |
MOUSSAKA |
| He's commemorated on December 26th |
STEPHEN |
| Isle of Man House of Parliament |
KEYS |
| It breaks a fall from the sky |
PARACHUTE |
| It's now Sri Lanka |
CEYLON |
| Lady luck |
FATE |
