| SAMITE | "The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering ____, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water" (Monty Python and the Holy Grail) |
| ARTHUR | Which legendary king pulled the sword Excalibur from the stone? (6) |
| DEAREST | Each clad in the costliest? To the contrary (7) |
| LACED | Mixed when clad in the East |
| MAINTAIN | Claim one was clad in the blue and brown (8) |
| TROSSACHS | The -; often described as the Highlands in miniature, a wooded valley immortalised in Sir Walter Scott's The Lady of the Lake (9) |
| PIETA | A painting or sculpture of the Virgin Mary holding the dead body of Christ in her arms (5) |
| STEEL | 'And the stern joy which warriors feel/In foemen worthy of their _' (Sir Walter Scott - The Lady of the Lake (1810) |
| KATRINE | Loch ____ in the Trossachs is featured in Walter Scott's poem The Lady of the Lake |
| VIVIAN | In Arthurian legend, the mistress of Merlin, sometimes identified with the Lady of the Lake |
| STOCKINGS | Hosen, historically worn by men, held aloft by girdles/belts or suspended from hearths to be filled with small Christmas gifts, from coal, coins, nuts or prunes from Agen to the dolls called Barbie an |
| ASP | In 5.2, Cleopatra applies something to her breast and then she applies the same thing to her arm. What is it? |
| RILL | "The stag at eve had drunk his fill, Where danced the moon on Monan's ___": The Lady of the Lake (4) |
| SPAM | *Musical in which the Lady of the Lake and Galahad sing "The Song That Goes Like This" |
| SIRGALAHAD | The purest of King Arthur's knights, who could see the Holy Grail (3,7) |
| DHARMSALA | Traveller may be found here dead, having unfortunately capsized with the top of her arm trapped |
| AESOP | Greek slave, born around 620 BCE, who put together stories like The Hare And The Tortoise and The Bo |
| HEART | Known informally as the ticker, muscular organ that pumps around 2,000 gallons of blood round the bo |
| CATINTHEHAT | 'The ---', Bo Welch film starring Mike Myers in the title role (3.2.3.3) |
| ADA | "Children of her type contrive the purest |
