Last two letters start the next word v2.

[Rwy in Sight]

Place Rivoli a famous Parisian location

[Mrs Ex-Ascot]

Limasol a place close to RAF Akrotiri.

[603DX]

Olivine - a green mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate, commonly found in igneous rocks, and a major source of magnesium. Magnesium is an important alloying element with aluminium, which is light but structurally weak in its pure form, and many aircraft structures use aluminium-magnesium alloys, often with small amounts of other alloying elements to provide the essential material properties.

[Mrs Ex-Ascot]

Necklace neck decoration.

And so many styles and types to choose from; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necklace

[Tech Records Gal]

Centipede - not the Human variety

[603DX]

Devilish - Boris, who now apparently speaks of "bringing down" the PM. I thought that was already the ambition of the Socialists. Until it was abolished in 2009, there was an offence known as Sedition on the books, which at one time had a maximum penalty of life imprisonment, and before that it may have been hanging, drawing and quartering ...

[Slasher]

Sheesh! Boris!

[Mrs Ex-Ascot]

Shish kebab......it's amazing how many words begin and end in 'sh'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shish_kebab

[Slasher]

Shnoosh - what my old PPL Met teacher (RIP) taught me on how to pronounce SNSH on Metars and Tafs. Then in Air Law I had to learn the difference between what an ATCO and a STAC was.

[603DX]

Sherpa - a member of a Himalayan people living on the borders of Nepal and Tibet. Ask any group of people to name a famous Sherpa, and one name that's almost certain to be mentioned is "Sherpa Tenzing", joint conqueror of Everest in 1953 with Edmund Hillary. And that's how it should be, he was quite a man:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenzing_Norgay

[Mrs Ex-Ascot]

Pangolin have you ever seen one? If you have you are one in a zillion. I never have.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangolin

[603DX]

Interest in the Pangolin by watchers of David Attenborough's wildlife programmes must have been raised, by his feature of the strange creatures in an episode not long ago (and also by Mrs Ex-A's post above!). I can't remember which of his major series included the item about them, but I do recall that a potential predator was shown to be frustrated by its defensive curling up, its protective scales, and probably by the foul pong emitted. It simply gave up in disgust and walked away, so 1-0 to the Pangolin!

[Slasher]

A stitch in time saves having to complete the whole race.

[603DX]

Chimera - in Greek mythology, a female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a snake's tail. Also means an unrealistic hope or dream; possibly how resentful ex-husbands refer to their ex-wives who allegedly turned out like the mythical monster ...

[Mrs Ex-Ascot]

Rat snake non venomous snakes that eat rodents.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_snake

On Amorgos we have the unique amorgian lafitis rat snake.

[Slasher]

Kenneth Branagh- the only actor I know who has played roles for both the British and German sides of WW2.

[603DX]

A talented thespian can play almost any role convincingly. For example Maurice Micklewhite (Michael Caine) has also played for both sides in films, such as an RAF S/L pilot in "Battle of Britain", and a German army Oberst in "The Eagle Has Landed".

[Slasher]

Another actor I really thought was a real cut above the rest was Laurence Olivier. Every role he played was very convincing indeed, including his theatre work.

[603DX]

Agreed, although even a superstar actor like "Larry" occasionally erred. The film of "Richard III" in the 1950s was regarded as so worthy by many local education authorities, that they financed special free performances for whole schools to see. I attended one such screening for an audience comprising both of the town's grammar schools (boys and girls), and when the crucial battle scene was reached, and its famous "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!" bit had been uttered, he overacted his death throes so shamelessly, that it raised an enormous roar of laughter from us all. The next day at morning assembly we were given a resounding b*ll*cking by the headmaster for "letting down the good name of the school", and I recall the phrase "casting pearls before swine" cropped up as well.

[Mrs Ex-Ascot]

Educational institutions ie schools used to have a sense of humour sometimes. On one occasion the entire sixth form were being chastised by the headmaster at assembly for being "a bunch of apathetic puddings "