| Of the Middle Ages |
MEDIEVAL |
| Oil from seed |
SESAME |
| Orchard fruit |
APPLE |
| Rose to the top |
SURFACED |
| Set afloat |
LAUNCH |
| Sharp, shrewd |
ASTUTE |
| Silvery metallic element |
TIN |
| Similar things happening one after another |
SERIES |
| Smell |
ODOUR |
| Strikingly beautiful or attractive |
STUNNING |
| Sub-continent |
INDIA |
| Swallowed hurriedly |
GULPED |
| They enter by force to conquer |
INVADERS |
| They treat or alleviate disorders |
MEDICINES |
| Tip of a pen |
NIB |
| To no avail |
INVAIN |
| Took the lid off |
OPENED |
| Tried to locate |
SEARCHED |