| Against which action is played out |
BACKDROP |
| Award, originally of knighthood |
ACCOLADE |
| Book by Defoe |
MOLL |
| Book by Steinbeck |
EASTOFEDEN |
| Book by Thackeray |
VANITY |
| Chanson d'amour |
LOVESONG |
| Characteristics handed down from ancestors |
HEREDITY |
| Decline - in the kitchen |
SINK |
| Down-to-earth |
NONONSENSE |
| Eating place |
RESTAURANT |
| Fleet |
NAVY |
| Further tremor following quake |
AFTERSHOCK |
