| Affable, warm and friendly |
GENIAL |
| Changing to make something more current |
UPDATING |
| City with university of dreaming spires |
OXFORD |
| Costs hit this nationality badly |
SCOTTISH |
| Eric was turned off the cereal |
RICE |
| Expression of praise |
ACCOLADE |
| Former Iranian monarch |
SHAH |
| Goes back over again |
RETRACES |
| Gratuitous |
NEEDLESS |
| Group of suburban houses or industrial units |
ESTATE |
| Harass, pester |
HASSLE |
| Hot pod |
CHILLI |
| In this place |
HERE |
| Institutes of higher education |
COLLEGES |
| It stands in the way |
OBSTACLE |
| Land with water on two sides, such as Panama |
ISTHMUS |