| - Merman, US actress |
ETHEL |
| - Shaw, US jazz clarinettist |
ARTIE |
| African desert |
SAHARA |
| Austen novel |
EMMA |
| Bent pipe with vertical ends |
UTUBE |
| Brothers; Plymouth - |
BRETHREN |
| Burlesque (opera) (It.) |
BUFFO |
| Dark |
UNLIT |
| Fr. river and wine |
RHONE |
| Mercian king, dyke builder |
OFFA |
| Mexican hat |
SOMBRERO |
| Nut centre; sounds like a rank |
KERNEL |
