| Arctic plain |
TUNDRA |
| Blood-red |
CERISE |
| Braggadocio |
BOASTFULNESS |
| Brought back to life |
REVIVED |
| Common |
USUAL |
| France's longest river |
LOIRE |
| Government department dealing with finance and the economy |
TREASURY |
| Graven image |
IDOL |
| Heavy block on which hot metal is shaped by hammering |
ANVIL |
| Hermit |
RECLUSE |
| Inventor of the 'dambuster' bouncing bomb |
BARNESWALLIS |
| Italian composer of 39 operas, d. 1868 |
ROSSINI |