| Period in the Christian year leading up to Christmas |
ADVENT |
| Picked |
CHOSEN |
| Presiding officer in the House of Commons |
SPEAKER |
| Producer of alcoholic spirits |
DISTILLER |
| Recommended |
ADVISED |
| Russian river flowing into the Caspian Sea |
VOLGA |
| Shelf-like projection |
LEDGE |
| Small number (but hard to manage!) |
HANDFUL |
| Small, often highly vocal, lizard |
GECKO |
| Smithy |
FORGE |
| Surroundings |
SETTING |
| Turn down |
DECLINE |
| Way in |
ACCESS |
