Francis Xavier ____ is the protagonist of four comic novels by Anthony Burgess |
ENDERBY |
General of the Volscian army in Coriolanus |
Tullus Aufidius |
Geological theory which made Alfred Wegener’s concept of continental drift widely accepted |
plate tectonics |
Himalayan region, also called Little Tibet, to the south of K2 |
baltistan |
Iconic Star Wars line delivered by Obi-Wan Kenobi |
use the force Luke |
Informally, in a helpless position |
over a barrel |
Of a cow, pregnant |
in calf |
Of a nerve, conveying impulses towards the brain or spinal column |
afferent |
One who has abandoned their religion |
APOSTATE |
Opening track of the Beatles album Abbey Road |
Come Together |
Poetic word for a male lover or suitor |
SWAIN |
Presenter of BBC News at Six since 2003 |
George Alagiah |
Short railway tracks used for shunting or storage |
SIDINGS |
Soviet Russia’s news agency, created in 1925 |
TASS |
Sykurmolarnir, the group which launched the career of Björk |
The Sugarcubes |
Tennyson’s name for cicadas, apparently a mistranslation from German |
balm-crickets |
The extreme sport of jumping into the sea from a cliff |
tombstoning |
The penultimate collaboration of Gilbert and Sullivan |
Utopia Limited |
The quality of being meagre or scarce |
EXIGUITY |
The ____ is also known as Custer’s Last Stand |
Battle of Little Bighorn |
Those which consisted of ten asses in ancient Rome |
DENARII |
To succeed, or to bribe |
pay off |
Traditional Christmas desserts |
plum puddings |