| “I didn’t really mean those nasty words” |
no offence |
| “O, Beulah, peel me a ____” (Mae West in I’m No Angel) |
GRAPE |
| “Procrastination is the ____ of time” (Edward Young) |
THIEF |
| “Retail ____” (business proverb) |
is detail |
| “The ____” was a political cliché coined by CP Snow in a novel, and the title of a later one |
Corridors of Power |
| 13th-century ____ Budejovice was a famous beer’s birthplace |
ceske |
| 1987 ITV series in which Robbie Coltrane fronted the Majestics, a Scottish pop group |
Tutti Frutti |
| A challenging experience; a sea with no water |
MARE |
| A description of Donald Trump’s claims about the 2020 presidential election |
the big lie |
| A fruit tree trained to grow flat, often against a wall |
ESPALIER |
| A process that really happens in one’s mind |
a change of heart |
| A ____ line, which intersects all meridians at the same angle, is a straight line on a chart using the Mercator projection |
RHUMB |
| According to the Oxford Reference website, “Britain’s most famous amateur dramatic society” |
footlights club |
| Adjective often seen in recipes, but not describing food |
OVENPROOF |
| An ordinary man behaving like an aristocrat |
Lord Muck |
| As a particular sound, English for nöff-nöff in Swedish or boo-boo in Japanese |
OINK |
| Author of the Discworld novels |
Terry Pratchett |
| Body part with meadows, according the song Stardust |
HEART |
| Column feature which distinguishes architecture’s three classical orders |
CAPITAL |
| Edouard Manet’s A ____ includes two bottles of Bass |
Bar at the Folies Bergere |
| Equipment for this sport might be used to imitate the works of Jackson Pollock |
PAINTBALL |
| Forename of at least two female ministers in 21st-century Conservative governments |
THERESA |
| Former medium for transmitting stock price information |
ticker tape |
| Fruit named after a body part |
navel orange |
| Historically, an eastern European lancer |
UHLAN |