Puzzle 15

State of unpleasantness.

Religious step that follows canonization.

African fish from the continent's longest river.

Wilde: "The unspeakable in full pursuit of the __".

Houston's nickname comes from slow-moving water.

__ Night, pagan festival to ward off witches.

Standards are run up them.

The __ capital of the world, at Hammerfest, Norway.

Spiky, prickly vegetation with yellow flowers.

Detective brothers created by Franklin W Dixon.