Puzzle 9

Short message social site – watch your characters!

Lose __ of a vehicle; skid or be unable to brake

__ Miller, star of Dance Moms

Opposite of presence; being missing from somewhere

Faced in battle

The round part of your seeing organ

The room in a house where food is cooked

A warm and cosy layer, e.g. blanket or vest

Pancake day, Shrove __

Timepieces worn around the wrist

Full first name of Somalian-born athlete Farah