In pantomime, Baron Hardup's servant, who is often dressed in a bellboy's costume |
BUTTONS |
Isabella, who wrote the Book of Household Management |
Mrs Beeton |
Island group reigned over by Queen Salote from 1918 to 1965 |
TONGA |
Ivan ____ won every tennis grand slam singles title except Wimbledon, and later coached Andy Murray |
LENDL |
John ___, English logician, best known for diagrams used in set theory |
VENN |
Limb of Dover in the Confederation of Cinque ports, and HQ of Saga |
FOLKESTONE |
Liverpool comedian ____ Sayle was the Comic Strip’s first emcee in the 1980s |
ALEXEI |
Magic, supposedly involving communication with the dead |
NECROMANCY |
Monteverdi opera, the earliest still regularly performed |
ORFEO |
One of 24 in an octave |
Quarter tone |
Prospector in the Californian gold rush |
Forty-niner |
Russian for 'no' |
NYET |
Savings for a future rainy day |
Nest eggs |
School founded by Henry VI in 1440 |
Eton College |
Simultaneously or immediately |
at once |
Something used to start an explosion |
DETONATOR |
State capital of Louisiana |
Baton Rouge |
Steve ____ was the 1980 Olympic 800m champion |
OVETT |
Summer outfit for a baby or young child |
SUNSUIT |
The only Celtic language spoken on mainland Europe |
BRETON |
The Spanish provinces of Alava and Vizcaya are such |
BASQUE |
The weight of a merchant ship’s cargo |
TONNAGE |
This craftsman may use an agraffe to hold blocks together |
STONEMASON |
Travelling at over 100 miles per hour |
Ton-up |
Type of sculpture originated by Alexander Calder |
MOBILE |
Type of vitreous pottery noted for its strength and durability |
IRONSTONE |
Virginia county, part of the Washington metropolitan area, where the Pentagon and a national cemetery are located |
ARLINGTON |
____ Hill, 152m above sea level, is the highest point in Greater London north of the Thames |
stanmore |