| Misfortune, hardship |
ADVERSITY |
| Models of excellence |
IDEALS |
| One employed to clean and maintain a building |
JANITOR |
| Open to question |
DUBIOUS |
| Pack of playing cards |
DECK |
| Paid killers |
ASSASSINS |
| Province of northwestern France |
BRITTANY |
| Quick or adept |
ADROIT |
| Rider's seat |
SADDLE |
| Risky or exciting experience |
ADVENTURE |
| Shade of brown, as in old photographs |
SEPIA |
| Shallow dish |
SAUCER |
| She was married to John Lennon |
YOKOONO |
| Smelling or tasting of stale fat |
RANCID |
| Solid lumps of a precious metal |
NUGGETS |
| Sound in doctrine |
ORTHODOX |
| Twist into a confusing mass |
TANGLE |
| Yellow-orange colour |
OCHRE |
