| 'The quality of ... is not strained' (Merchant of Venice) |
MERCY |
| A crime punishable by death |
CAPITAL |
| A Great Lake |
ERIE |
| Affix, fasten to |
ATTACH |
| An addition that extends a main building |
ANNEX |
| Areas darkened by the blocking out of light |
SHADOWS |
| Australian arboreal marsupials |
KOALAS |
| Changes to suit a new purpose |
ADAPTS |
| Contaminate with disease |
INFECT |
| Contemptuous or scornful remarks |
SNEERS |
| Court game |
TENNIS |
| Dialect spoken in Liverpool |
SCOUSE |
| Distribute the parts in a film or play |
CAST |
| Dull sound of a heavy object falling |
THUD |
| Feelings of excessive pride |
CONCEIT |
| German prisoner-of-war camp |
STALAG |
| Greyish-brown American mammal |
RACCOON |
| Habitual drunkard |
SOT |
| Halt |
STOP |
| Hit hard with hand or fist |
THUMPED |
| It's made from the fat of pigs |
LARD |
