“Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real ____” (William Penn) |
BENEFIT |
1947 novel by Compton Mackenzie |
Whisky Galore |
A large bread roll |
BAP |
A type of chicory with reddish-purple leaves |
RADICCHIO |
A ____ latte uses low-fat or non-fat milk |
SKINNY |
Agony aunt once known as Rebecca Rayle |
Marjorie Proops |
An absurd pretence; an episode in a word game |
CHARADE |
Briefly |
in short |
Catlike carnivore, source of a strong musky perfume |
CIVET |
City served by Sangster International Airport; a 1970 hit for Bobby Bloom |
Montego Bay |
City where the Trans-Siberian railway crosses the river Ob |
NOVOSIBIRSK |
Cold dish of various meats and greens including avocado |
Cobb salad |
Dark red resin used in varnishes and dyes |
LAC |
Deformation which turns a rectangle into a parallelogram |
SHEAR |
Defrayal |
PAYMENT |
Director of the noir films Laura (1944) and Fallen Angel |
Otto Preminger |
Document or other item which is legally void |
NULLITY |
Felt hat apparently named after a play by Victorien Sardou |
FEDORA |
For many years Judith ____’s paintings were attributed to Frans Hals, or her husband Jan Molenaer |
leyster |
Hat named after a George du Maurier novel of 1894 |
TRILBY |
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy character, also called Ix |
Ford Prefect |
In an ____ kiss, the lips do not touch |
AIR |
In Ancient Greece, a religious sanctuary dedicated to Zeus |
OLYMPIA |
In the Bible, the first son of Abraham |
ISHMAEL |
Information gathered but not yet analysed or processed |
raw data |
Inner chamber of a kiln used to fire pottery |
MUFFLE |