| Its capital is Kathmandu |
NEPAL |
| Line of descent, ancestry |
LINEAGE |
| Muslim practice of keeping women from sight of men |
PURDAH |
| Native or scholar of Oxford |
OXONIAN |
| Obstruct, hinder |
IMPEDE |
| Of food, sprinkled with alcohol and set alight |
FLAMBE |
| Patron saint of Scotland |
ANDREW |
| Platform for orchestra conductor |
ROSTRUM |
| Poland's capital |
WARSAW |
| Portent, harbinger |
OMEN |
| Rhine rock famed for siren |
LORELEI |
| Ring of fur around neck of bird or animal |
RUFF |
| Roll around as in mud |
WALLOW |
| Seamus ......, Nobelwinning poet |
HEANEY |
| Shored up in Greek island |
RHODES |
| The a of a.m. |
ANTE |
| The sound of steps - of little feet? |
PATTER |
| The white of an egg |
ALBUMEN |
| Vast level Arctic region with frozen subsoil |
TUNDRA |
| Waist bands |
BELTS |
| Washed out with clean water |
RINSED |