| Middle East republic, capital Baghdad |
IRAQ |
| Most exhausted |
WEARIEST |
| Predicament |
DILEMMA |
| Scorn - feeling of superiority |
DISDAIN |
| Skinflint |
MISER |
| Sorrowful |
SAD |
| Sponsorship |
AEGIS |
| Staff used by lame person |
CRUTCH |
| Strip skin off by whipping |
FLAY |
| The recent past |
YESTERDAY |
| Train used as amusement activity |
SCENICRAILWAY |
| Untruth |
LIE |
| Woman who washes clothes for a living |
LAUNDRESS |
