"Start with a six letter word and I'll give you a clue to its meaning. The next word will have one letter less and may need unscrambling. Start adding a letter when I tell you. Good Luck!"
1. Showed fond affection for someone (verb, 6 letters)
2. Lunar crater situated on the far side of the moon (noun, 5 letters)
3. The head of the Catholic College of Cardinals (noun, 4 letters)
4. In dancing, half of a quick count (half of a beat) (conjunction, 3 letters)
5. Used to denote the years after Christ's birth (abbreviation, 2 letters)
6. Used to denote the years after Christ's birth (adjective, 3 letters)
7. Protection for the legs during a cricket match (noun, plural, 4 letters)
8. Tool used to unearth fossilised bones from a burial site (noun, 5 letters)
9. What an epidemic does among a group of people (verb, 6 letters)
10. A feeling of utter exhaustion and failure to complete a task (verb, 7 letters)