| 8 across carrying water |
AQUEDUCT |
| Ascertained heaviness |
WEIGHED |
| Banking system |
GIRO |
| Body of serfs |
HELOTRY |
| Bright scarlet |
VERMILION |
| Card-game |
BRIDGE |
| Comfort station |
RESTROOM |
| County in SW England |
CORNWALL |
| Cured pork |
BACON |
| Disclose |
EXPOSE |
| Elevated |
ENNOBLED |
| Expressed in distinctive or metaphorical way |
IDIOMATIC |
| Expression in speech |
UTTERANCE |
| Former capital of Ivory Coast |
ABIDJAN |