| Able to absorb fluids |
POROUS |
| Based on logic |
RATIONAL |
| British health services, in short |
NHS |
| Bump into |
ENCOUNTER |
| Busy side-road during rush hour |
RATRUN |
| Ceremonies of the dead |
FUNERALS |
| Clothes, linens etc of a bride |
TROUSSEAU |
| Cut wool from a sheep |
SHEAR |
| Deserving of esteem |
ADMIRABLE |
| Electrically-charged particle |
ION |
| Gain with effort |
ATTAIN |
| Ghostly apparitions |
SPECTRES |
| Give rise to |
CAUSE |
| Hard glassy mineral used as a gemstone |
GARNET |
| Heather |
ERICA |
| Hidden treasure |
TROVE |
| Important Roman Catholic church |
BASILICA |
| It signals danger |
ALARM |
