| Knight of the round table and lover of Guinevere |
LANCELOT |
| Large hawk that feeds on fish |
OSPREY |
| Nab racer, oddly, in Australia |
CANBERRA |
| Nearest or most sultry |
CLOSEST |
| No longer in use |
OBSOLETE |
| Old gold coins |
DUCATS |
| Ornamental wall hanging |
TAPESTRY |
| Pleasantly plump |
CHUBBY |
| Rich Sultanate |
BRUNEI |
| Shelter in which to lay eggs |
NEST |
| Singers in synagogues |
CANTORS |
| Small mounds, as in Co Cavan |
DRUMLINS |
| Subject to death |
MORTAL |
| Swedish astronomer, deviser of the centigrade thermometer |
CELSIUS |
| Use a rope to climb down a mountain |
ABSEIL |
| Withstood a force |
RESISTED |