| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| LOT | His wife took a turn for the worse |
| RELAPSED | Took a turn for the worse |
| WENTSOUTH | Took a turn for the worse |
| RELAPSED | Took a turn for the worse. |
| bluebeard | A character in a tale by Charles Perrault, who killed several wives in turn for disobeying his order to avoid a locked room, which contained the bodies of his previous wives. Local tradition in Brittany identifies him with Gilles de Rais (c.1400รป40), a perpetrator of atrocities, although he had only one wife (who left him) |
| RELAPSE | Take a turn for the worse |
| GOSOUTH | Take a turn for the worse |
| GOSOUR | Take a turn for the worse |
| SPOIL | Take a turn for the worse? |
