| Of the whole country |
NATIONAL |
| Over and above what's needed |
EXCESS |
| Person who speaks softly and indistinctly |
MUTTERER |
| Place of worship |
TEMPLE |
| Plan or pattern |
DESIGN |
| Porous substance to soak up |
SPONGE |
| Rebuke or expression of disappointment |
REPROACH |
| Repeat aloud from memory |
RECITE |
| Rough outlines |
SKETCHES |
| Scribe |
WRITER |
| Stoppers to keep noise out |
EARPLUGS |
| Taking to a place |
BRINGING |
| The accumulation of excess fat in the body |
OBESITY |
| Transport vehicles |
LORRIES |
| Way out |
EGRESS |
| Wine area of Northeastern France |
ALSACE |