| Never fail to take advantage of a situation |
Notmissatrick |
| On the downwind side |
LEEWARD |
| Period from before Christmas until after New Year |
FESTIVESEASON |
| Pieces scattered by a bursting shell |
SHRAPNEL |
| Protective covering |
SHIELD |
| River joining Bath with Bristol |
AVON |
| Sensational paperback novel |
PENNYDREADFUL |
| Shy — actors |
CAST |
| Speck |
DOT |
| Spiny lobster without large claws |
LANGOUSTE |
| Trespass |
SIN |
| Very slender fibre |
FILAMENT |
