| A person's earlier life history |
PAST |
| African desert |
SAHARA |
| Aquatic invertebrate; cake |
SPONGE |
| Armed soldier (hist.) |
MUSKETEER |
| Characteristic spirit of a culture |
ETHOS |
| Feel bitterness at (something) |
RESENT |
| Five millilitres (cookery) |
TEASPOON |
| Former church tax |
TITHE |
| Giving a word's letters |
SPELLING |
| If really necessary |
ATAPINCH |
| Performing in play |
ACTING |
| Potassium nitrate |
SALTPETRE |
| Prison sentence (colloq.) |
TIME |
