EARNINGS

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