| Excellence, worth |
MERIT |
| Existence |
LIFE |
| Greek waterway |
CORINTHCANAL |
| Henri -, French painter aka Le Douanier |
ROUSSEAU |
| It's tossed in Scotland |
CABER |
| Japanese poem of seventeen syllables comprising three lines |
HAIKU |
| Like nuclear energy |
ATOMIC |
| Pasta dish |
LASAGNE |
| Persist |
CONTINUE |
| Right to enter competition without qualifying |
WILDCARD |
| Spanish nobleman |
GRANDEE |
| Steady intent look |
GAZE |
