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1. This definitely requires an answer. Answer: (eight letters, a noun)

2. A coroner would take control of this. Answer: (seven letters, a noun)

3. A colloquial expression for soothes or makes silent. Answer: (six letters, often followed by 'down')

4. A type of search, possibly adventurous. Answer: (five letters, a noun)

5. An edible fatty substance, high in calories. Answer: (four letters, a noun)

6. New word: To leap headfirst into a swimming pool, lake or river. Answer: (four letters, a verb)

7. The recording of a visual image. Answer: (five letters, an adjective)

8. Expressed an opinion or concern about something. Answer: (six letters, past tense)

9. The legal termination of a marriage. Answer: (seven letters, a noun)

10. To learn something new. Answer: (eight letters, a verb)