| ... Christie, crime writer |
AGATHA |
| By way of |
VIA |
| Charged particle |
ION |
| Defective |
FAULTY |
| Deserving of praise |
ADMIRABLE |
| Disorderly, messy |
UNTIDY |
| Every year |
ANNUALLY |
| Exacting, unsparing |
STRICT |
| Funambulists |
ACROBATS |
| Gaunt from disease or hunger |
EMACIATED |
| Gold and aluminium, say |
METALS |
| Hand out, food or drink say |
SERVE |
| Indoor passage |
CORRIDOR |
| Ingress |
ENTRY |
| It signals danger |
ALARM |
| It's better to light one than curse the darkness |
CANDLE |
| Likeness, could be spitting |
IMAGE |
| Magician, wizard |
SORCERER |