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TROMBONEBrass instrument SLOVAKIACountry in central Europe whose capital is Bratislava MCHAMMERAmerican rapper born Stanley Kirk Burrell in 1962 RECEIPTSGate LANCELOTKnight, behold, impaling one with double-edged blade WILLIAMSRaymond __, teacher remembered for his book Culture and Society (1958) (8) INTERPOLMultinational law enforcement agency based in Lyon (8) CASSAVASPlants used to make tapioca TANDOORIIn Indian cookery, a method of cooking meat or vegetables in a clay oven ONREPEATLooping BONEUPONGet to know a little better, say COLDFEETTV comedy-drama series starring James Nesbitt, Helen Baxendale, John Thomson and Fay Ripley HADASOLOPlayed by oneself OLEANDERShrub of the dogbane family, with lance-shaped leathery leaves and ornate red or white flowers