| “What is hope? Nothing but paint on the face of ____” (Byron) |
EXISTENCE |
| 1999 Richard Curtis film starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant |
Notting Hill |
| 43A would have danced with Chris ____ if he had won his 1976 Wimbledon final |
EVERT |
| A “cabbage” butterfly or a major pig breed |
Large White |
| A 64ft “Contra Trombone” in Sydney Town Hall is one of the world’s longest ____s |
Organ pipe |
| A logical basis for a course of action |
RATIONALE |
| A resident of Baghdad |
IRAQI |
| A short-sighted person |
MYOPE |
| A tiny amount of something like doubt or evidence |
SCINTILLA |
| Art retailer, noted for iconic posters of the 1970s and 1980s |
ATHENA |
| Basil ___, the Cape Coloured cricketer who played for Worcestershire, and England from 1966 to 1972 |
DOliviera |
| Basil ____ won the 1950 design competition for the new Coventry Cathedral |
SPENCE |
| Citadel built after the 1745 Jacobite rising, guarding the sea approaches to Inverness |
Fort George |
| Edible, yellow, funnel-shaped mushrooms |
CHANTERELLES |
| European chief negotiator for Britain’s exit from the EU |
Michel Barnier |
| French city famed for enamelware, and later, porcelain |
LIMOGES |
| Inflatable plastic or rubber mattresses |
lilos |
| Informal name for bistort, also describing its twisted roots |
SNAKEWEED |
| Informally, an attraction at the southern end of the A23 |
Brighton Pier |
| John Aubrey’s collection of short biographies about contemporaries such as Hobbes and Milton |
Brief Lives |
| Large duck of the merganser genus |
GOOSANDER |
| Large sandpiper with a slightly upturned bill |
GREENSHANK |
| London’s ____ has a zoo, theatre, lake and bandstand |
Regents Park |
| Musical instrument, often used to convey a pastoral mood |
Cor anglais |
