Jazz standard, an early composition by saxophonist Sonny Rollins |
DOXY |
Large powerfully-built Japanese breed of dog |
AKITA |
Mike --, writer of the song 'Bright Eyes' for the animated film 'Watership Down' |
BATT |
Novel by Keith Waterhouse |
BILLYLIAR |
Novella by A.J. Cronin |
COUNTRYDOCTOR |
Peter --, racehorse trainer (1907-73) |
CAZALET |
Short gun for firing shells on high trajectories at low velocities |
HOWITZER |
Small three-masted vessel, formerly used by Algerian pirates |
XEBEC |
Soviet gymnast, born in Belarus, who won two individual gold medals in the 1972 Olympic Games |
OLGAKORBUT |
The administrative capital of South Africa |
PRETORIA |
The department of state responsible for the British Army, now part of the Ministry of Defence |
WAROFFICE |
The medieval capital of Flanders |
LILLE |
Type of tongueless shoe with lacing up the instep |
GHILLIE |
Unit of weight, used in the Far East |
TAEL |