| “Her chariot is an empty hazelnut / Made by the joiner ____” (Mercutio, in Romeo and Juliet) |
SQUIRREL |
| “Let’s ____” sang Olivia Newton-John in a 1981 song censored or banned by some radio stations |
get physical |
| 1993 film in which Rita Wilson, wife of Tom Hanks, played his sister Suzy |
Sleepless In Seattle |
| 2001 single by Linkin Park, their most frequently played live song |
in the end |
| A code of 15 Across in southern Italy |
OMERTA |
| A form of clay pigeon shooting |
SKEET |
| Animal which, theoretically, may be both alive and dead |
Schrodinger's cat |
| Author who wrote “In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded” |
Terry Pratchett |
| Author whose 1963 debut novel was A Summer Bird-Cage |
Margaret Drabble |
| Balding |
thin on top |
| Benign tumour, typically at the end of a severed nerve |
neuromata |
| Capital of Saudi Arabia |
RIYADH |
| Caribbean island whose capital is Oranjestad |
ARUBA |
| Charles ____, author of The Cloister and the Hearth |
READE |
| Charms or amulets |
TALISMANS |
| City in which one may walk along the Promenade de la Croisette |
CANNES |
| Control of a situation |
whip hand |
| County Durham town where John Walker invented the friction match in 1827 |
Stockton-on-Tees |
| D:Ream single used by the Labour Party in their 1997 General Election campaign |
Things Can Only Get Better |
| During the Cold War, we spoke of an eastern on but not a western one |
BLOC |
| Endowed with initiative and resourcefulness |
gumptious |
| Enjoyment derived from inflicting pain on others |
SADISM |
| Extending platform of a warship on which a cannon is mounted |
sponson |
| Form of torture in which the victim is dropped from a height with hands bound behind the back |
STRAPPADO |
| Headgear symbolising manumission, also a small “magic” mushroom |
liberty cap |
| In bridge this is worth at least 500 points above the line |
SLAM |
| In Greek myth, the primordial deity followed by Gaia |
CHAOS |
| In various sports, a pass allowing a teammate to score a goal |
ASSIST |
| Informally, blunt language, often using taboo words |
Anglo-Saxon |