solve the clues and the answers downwards in columns
1-14 spell a award winning actress.all are 5 letters
1 become less intense ????? ( abate?)
2 equipped with guns ????? ( armed?)
3 destroy crack up ????? ( break? )
4 slice meat carve?
5 porcelain china?
6 a specialised position niche ( this is right )
7 a fiery particle (spark) ?
8 big heavy cumbersome( bulky)?
9 fashion ( trend )?
10 narrow cables ( wires?)
11 pulsate ( throb?)
12 staple food ( bread?)
13 waistline ?????
14 rub abrasively ( scrub )?
so out of the 5 lines the middle row reads a actresses name it is a grid of 1-14 with 5 rows reading down
I have got AMERICALERRE?R
i KNOW ITS ALL WRONG CAN ANY ONE HELP ME i HOPE i HAVE EXPLAINED IT PROPERLY?