| Catch fire |
IGNITE |
| Christmas |
YULETIDE |
| Create |
MAKE |
| Crested bird, pink with black and white wings |
HOOPOE |
| Eg, Orpheus in the Underworld |
OPERETTA |
| Excessively sentimental |
SUGARY |
| Fearful, anxious |
AFRAID |
| Former name of Taiwan |
FORMOSA |
| Garden molluscs |
SNAILS |
| George -, nineteen eighty four author |
ORWELL |
| In front of |
BEFORE |
| Lake District mountain |
SKIDDAW |
| Make (bomb) safe |
DEFUSE |