“Argosy”, as a name for a large merchant ship, comes from this former name for Dubrovnik |
RAGUSA |
“____ of cricket” is a detailed but humorous description of the game on tea towels and the like |
The ins and outs |
1960 Hitchcock horror film starring Anthony Perkins |
PSYCHO |
1960s BBC TV show, hosted by David Frost, which lampooned current news stories |
That was the Week That Was |
A car’s vehicle identification number is stamped on this |
CHASSIS |
A hotel or restaurant wine steward |
SOMMELIER |
A kind of nail file |
Emery board |
A small tortilla, topped with melted cheese and spices |
NACHO |
A spicy biscuit |
Ginger snap |
An old name for a fire in a fireplace |
INGLE |
Assessing (something’s) possibilities |
Weighing up |
Blunt in manner |
BRUSQUE |
Carbon black is an important ingredient of ____, which is used in drawing and calligraphy |
indian ink |
Composer of the oratorios Saul and Israel in Egypt |
George Frederick Handel |
French artist who, with Pablo Picasso, created cubism |
Georges Braque |
German dish of finely shredded and pickled cabbage |
SAUERKRAUT |
Golden ____, a popular aquarium fish |
ORFE |
Hide away; give off juices |
SECRETE |
Home of the London Borough of Redbridge’s administrative headquarters |
ILFORD |
Large chilli pepper, often dried, used in Mexican cuisine |
ANCHO |
Large deer of arctic North America |
CARIBOU |
Large portable cassette recorder or CD player with built-in speakers |
Ghetto blaster |
Llandudno’s limestone hill, served by a tramway built in 1902 |
Great Orme |
Magical transformation into “something rich and strange”, in a song from The Tempest |
sea change |