| Become gentler |
SOFTEN |
| Challenging |
DIFFICULT |
| Convent residents |
NUNS |
| Cooking fat |
LARD |
| Dickens novel |
HARDTIMES |
| Disorderly retreat |
ROUT |
| Eighth-century king of Mercia |
OFFA |
| Enduring courage |
FORTITUDE |
| Fillings rolled up in soft tortillas |
WRAPS |
| Final score |
RESULT |
| German air force |
LUFTWAFFE |
| Herb of the mint family, attractive to some pets |
CATNIP |
| Irish county — salad cream |
MAYO |
| Maker of knives etc |
CUTLER |
