| Job applicant or political aspirant |
CANDIDATE |
| Land of the tsars |
RUSSIA |
| Liquid measures |
LITRES |
| Metal that attracts metal |
MAGNET |
| Most fortunate |
LUCKIEST |
| Noisemakers on the road |
HORNS |
| Offspring or edition |
ISSUE |
| Read through carefully |
PERUSED |
| Recipients of medical care |
PATIENTS |
| Reference point, touchstone |
STANDARD |
| Represent in words |
DESCRIBE |
| Required levels of quality |
STANDARDS |
| Scores in cricket and baseball |
RUNS |
| Sets of steps |
LADDERS |
| Stratum |
LAYER |
| Submitted to authority |
OBEYED |
| Verse of a poem |
STANZA |
| Vessels for serving wine or water |
DECANTERS |
