“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 |