Japan’s last shogunate, ending in 1867 |
TOKUGAWA |
Leontes, King of Sicily, is a central character in this Shakespeare play |
The Winter's Tale |
Main presenter of BBC News at Ten |
Huw Edwards |
Major Egyptian god, often depicted with green skin |
OSIRIS |
More perilous |
RISKIER |
Mythical horse in tales from the chansons de geste |
BAYARD |
Plant which has been produced by selective breeding |
CULTIVAR |
Popular name for the knifehand strike in martial arts |
karate chop |
Potassium nitrate, often used as a preservative |
SALTPETRE |
Prefix denoting “all” |
OMNI |
Presented again but with no worthwhile improvement |
REHASHED |
Print issued by William Hogarth in 1751 as a negative alternative to Beer Street |
Gin Lane |
Russian author of Dead Souls |
Nikolai Gogol |
The capital of Armenia |
YEREVAN |
The pet dog of Charlie Brown |
SNOOPY |
The small black fruits of Ilex glabra, a North American form of holly |
inkberries |
The sort of call which warns of potential difficulty |
wake-up |
The ubiquitous garden pest, historically Helix aspersa but now Cornu aspersum |
brown snail |
The ____ was a BBC radio sitcom aboard HMS Troutbridge |
Navy Lark |
Traditional accompaniment to fish and chips |
mushy peas |
Welsh artist, a leading British portraitist in the 1920s |
Augustus John |
Wife and comedy partner of George Burns |
Gracie Allen |
Wilbur Smith’s debut novel, which introduced the Courtney family |
When the Lion Feeds |
____ Downfall is the Peak District’s highest waterfall |
KINDER |