& 28 Down: Bill Forsyth’s 1983 film about a Texan oil baron wishing to buy a Scottish village for his firm |
LOCAL |
“When the Honours List is full of ____s, millionaires, and—er—chumps, you may be quite sure that the Government is seriously ill” (Arnold Bennett) |
RASCAL |
1930s film star such as Errol Flynn, Clark Gable or Rudolph Valentino |
Matinee idol |
A light or westerly wind, also a large Ford car replaced by the Granada in 1972 |
ZEPHYR |
A product available in only one chain of stores |
own brand |
Actor who won a best actor Golden Globe for his portrayal of General Patton |
George C Scott |
Actress, anti-nuclear and feminist activist, who won an Academy Award for her role in Klute in 1971 |
Jane Fonda |
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ANNOTATE |
An alternative name for the “Athens of the North” |
Auld Reekie |
Author of Haroun and the Sea of Stories |
Salman Rushdie |
Author of Le Grand Meaulnes |
Alain-Fournier |
Berkeley Square songbird |
NIGHTINGALE |
British driver who was Formula 1 world champion in 1976 |
James Hunt |
Brittle silvery-grey metallic element, used in steel-making |
MANGANESE |
Buzz ____, a Space Ranger superhero in the Toy Story films |
LIGHTYEAR |
Chinese province, capital Chengdu |
SZECHUAN |
Cricketing fielding position on the off-side |
Extra cover |
Deep blue semi-precious stone, the original source of ultramarine pigment |
Lapis lazuli |
Domestic fowls which lay white eggs |
LEGHORNS |
Drum-like machine for hauling in heavy ropes |
CAPSTAN |
Excessive sentimentality |
SCHMALTZ |
Former large naval base and dockyard town in Fife |
ROSYTH |
German cipher machine used in the Second World War |
ENIGMA |
In English, a decorative coating for the outside of buildings, though simply “plaster” in its original language |
STUCCO |
International yachting trophy currently held by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron |
America's Cup |
Italian opera house opened in 1778 |
la scala |
Juan Manuel ___, Formula 1 world champion from 1954 to 1957 |
FANGIO |
Location of the US Congress, and a residential area of Washington DC |
Capitol Hill |
Lorenz ____, lyricist of Pal Joey |
HART |