Lustrous, glossy |
SHINY |
Major chest operation |
open heart surgery |
Make less hard |
SOFTEN |
Meal to be carried |
packed lunch |
Mesmerising |
HYPNOTIC |
Method of critical analysis of literary texts |
DECONSTRUCTION |
Nearly undetectable warplane |
stealth fighter |
Not working |
INOPERATIVE |
Nought; of no value |
NOTHING |
Particularly effective; stylish |
NIFTY |
Prediction |
PROPHECY |
Protecting |
SHIELDING |
Raise repeated false alarms |
cry wolf |
Ralph Waldo —, US essayist |
EMERSON |
Red flower |
POPPY |
Relating to the voice box |
LARYNGEAL |
Religious house for females |
NUNNERY |
Repeat performance |
ENCORE |
Roadside picture taker |
speed camera |
Set meal in an Indian restaurant |
THALI |
Set of criteria against which to judge |
frame of reference |
Sketchy plan |
OUTLINE |
Staged entertainment |
MUSICAL |
Stately home near Tonbridge |
penshurst place |
Synthetic resin |
polycarbonate |
Tennis bats |
RACQUETS |
To the utmost |
for all it's worth |
Total knowledge |
OMNISCIENCE |
Unable to do things for oneself |
HELPLESS |
Vegetable |
LEEK |
With retrospective action |
ex post facto |