| Belgian port |
ANTWERP |
| Boundary |
EDGE |
| Detested |
ABHORRED |
| Distinguishing mark — prestige |
CACHET |
| Far from exciting |
HUMDRUM |
| Given up |
RELINQUISHED |
| Greek epic poem about the siege of Troy |
ILIAD |
| Head of a community of monks |
ABBOT |
| Hearing aids? |
EARS |
| Heavy iron lever |
CROWBAR |
| Holmes's arch-enemy |
MORIARTY |
| Hungarian-born escapologist, d. 1926 |
HOUDINI |