| A place's characteristics |
LOCALCOLOUR |
| African carnivore |
HYENA |
| Airport building |
TERMINAL |
| Astronauts |
SPACEMEN |
| Caribbean islands |
WESTINDIES |
| Carnival of the Animals composer |
SAINTSAENS |
| Changes in explanations of meaning |
REINTERPRETATIONS |
| Charming; elegant |
SUAVE |
| Confused, uncertain |
ATSEA |
| Deliberately causing difficulties |
OBSTRUCTIVE |
| Dickens heroine (The Old Curiosity Shop) |
LITTLENELL |
| Drop scones |
SCOTCHPANCAKES |
| Earthquake measuring instrument |
SEISMOGRAPH |
| Enchanting female |
SORCERESS |
| Fictional castaway |
ROBINSONCRUSOE |
| Foe |
ENEMY |
| Frenchman's title |
MONSIEUR |
| Greek lyric poetess |
SAPPHO |
| Green vegetable |
CHARD |
| Gulf emirate |
DUBAI |
| Higher in status |
SENIOR |
| Holmes's companion |
WATSON |
| Husband or wife |
SPOUSE |
| Joe -, English playwright |
ORTON |
| John -, English writer of spy stories |
LECARRE |
| Long-legged bird |
CRANE |
| Make (treaty) officially valid |
RATIFY |
| Nineteen-fifty-one South Bank event |
FESTIVALOFBRITAIN |
| One of Caesar's assassins |
BRUTUS |
| One on front desk |
RECEPTIONIST |
| One who might install mains wiring |
ELECTRICIAN |
