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Group 241

Puzzle 1 Answers

You put this on dogs and horses.

Collar

Sweet hummable musical arrangement.

Melody

Currency of the Czech Republic.

Koruna

Mark Antony’s wife.

Fulvia

Elinor __, economics Nobel Prize winner.

Ostrom

Waterway larger than a brook, smaller than a river.

Stream

Cured Italian meat, popular cold cut.

Salami

Slightly louder than a whisper.

Murmur

Islamic mysticism.

Sufism

Harry __, title character of a series by JK Rowling.

Potter

Under __, sports clothing company.

Armour

Very energetic person.

Dynamo

Puzzle 2 Answers

Seaside toy.

Beach ball

Canadian comedian, Uncle Buck, Space Balls.

John candy

The place behind the performance area in a play.

Backstage

Italian opera composer of Lucia di Lammermoor.

Donizetti

Estadio Olímpico Joao __, Rio de Janeiro.

Havelange

Harmless, inoffensive.

Innocuous

Attracted to all people regardless of their gender.

Pansexual

UK 1983 robbery, gold bullion remains unrecovered.

Brinks mat

Avocado-based dip.

Guacamole

Usually, mammals give birth to __.

Live young

Stages in from birth to death.

Life cycle

Wooden puppet who lied a lot.

Pinocchio

Mary __; she saw Christ after his Resurrection.

Magdalene

Describes a petite nose turned up at the tip.

Retrousse

Puzzle 3 Answers

To attack with explosives, repeatedly.

Bombard

Half-goat half-horse creature with one horn.

Licorne

Congo’s National park with mountain gorillas.

Virunga

Science that studies rocks.

Geology

Swedish band that recorded “Listen to Your Heart”.

Roxette

Jewish holiday also known as Feast of Weeks.

Shavuot

Popular smoking product is illegal in Bhutan.

Tobacco

Space in front of your plane seat.

Leg room

Wheel guards on a car or bike to prevent splashing.

Fenders

The eighth Avatar of the god Vishnu.

Krishna

Prehistoric cave paintings found in France.

Lascaux

Gray and white aquatic bird that lives by the ocean.

Seagull

Terminator__, US film from 2015.

Genisys

Stieg __, crimewriter of the Millennium trilogy.

Larsson

Medical term for the loss of the sense of smell.

Anosmia

__ Jordan, legendary US basketball player.

Michael

Modus __, way of living.

Vivendi

Effeminate.

Unmanly

Puzzle 4 Answers

To penetrate or enter unexpectedly or violently.

Plunge

Fred Flintstone’s best friend, Barney.

Rubble

Second book of the Old Testament.

Exodus

Fernando __, Portuguese poet, had many identities.

Pessoa

Extensive territory ruled by one group or person.

Empire

Endures without yielding or bears patiently.

Abides

Joseph __, British inventor of reinforced concrete.

Monier

Decorative wheel cover on a car.

Hubcap

Cross between a doughnut and a croissant.

Cronut

Author of “And Then There Were None”: __ Christie.

Agatha

Car that pulls a train.

Engine

Soft corals that look like feather pens.

Sea pen

Jane Porter in The Legend of Tarzan 2016.

Margot

Australian city known for its “Coathanger” bridge.

Sydney

The “e” in e =mc2 as posited by Einstein.

Energy

Notre-Dame has a famous rose one.

Window

Puzzle 5 Answers

Area between the Earth and the sun.

Geospace

Botswana delta, popular with safari tourists.

Okavango

Look inwards and study oneself in this field.

Autology

Butch Cassidy and the __ Kid, famous duo.

Sundance

The queen’s daughter.

Princess

Eating disorder involving loss of appetite.

Anorexia

Atari’s 1984 shooting game.

Dropzone

It would take a tiny jockey to ride one.

Horse fly

Term for a papal election.

Conclave

Blenniidae and Clinidae fishes, scaled or scaleless.

Blennies

Tight-lipped, disinclined to talk.

Taciturn

Bottle gourd with pale green skin and white flesh.

Calabash

Another name for the Holy Grail.

Sangreal

Literary festival.

Book fair

The official national sport of Cuba.

Baseball

Flat bread used to wrap tacos.

Tortilla

Waterproof overshoes.

Galoshes

Milan’s international airport, with the code MXP.

Malpensa

Group 242

Puzzle 1 Answers

Scribe of the written work.

Author

Home to ancient Senegal site and holy sites.

Fatick

Relating to or situated near or on the back.

Dorsal

Ancient Russian town on Lake Nero, in Yaroslavl.

Rostov

It means “dawn” in Spanish.

Aurora

__ Takei plays Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek.

George

To outline, trace, delineate, silhouette.

Define

Ferdinand and Imelda, Filipino dictators.

Marcos

Tropical yellow fruit with black seeds in center.

Papaya

French port where the country’s navy was scuttled.

Toulon

Grand __, large covered market in Istanbul.

Bazaar

Groups of stars and matter found in the universe.

Galaxy

Large blunt sewing needle.

Bodkin

__ Sports Stadium, Ghana’s largest, Baba Yara.

Kumasi

Puzzle 2 Answers

Process that affects structure of Earth’s crust.

Tectonics

Venustraphobia is fear of __ women.

Beautiful

Non-compliant, opposing; reluctant.

Resistant

Buddhist female lay renunciant in Myanmar.

Thilashin

Medical term for the inflammation of veins.

Phlebitis

North African city with bustling Djemaa el-Fna.

Marrakech

Spanish cocktail, Calimocho, Rioja Libre.

Kalimotxo

Lightweight hand-held air wafting devices.

Paper fans

Similar to an Embassy, but not in a capital.

Consulate

Much sought after Last Supper’s goblet.

Holy grail

Statue of Athena that protected Troy.

Palladium

Pan’s __, dark fantasy about the Spanish Civil War.

Labyrinth

Famous US tractor company.

John deere

Festival marking the beginning of Lent in Italy.

Carnevale

Iron carbide found in most steels.

Cementite

Puzzle 3 Answers

Language that has 18 vowel phenomenons.

Swedish

Capital of China’s Jiangsu province on the Yangtze.

Nanjing

Franco’s former royal palace, near Madrid.

El pardo

Author of Britain’s most famous spy.

Fleming

Head with prolongation in various animals, weevil.

Snouted

Dustin __, Rain Man.

Hoffman

Hungarian stew; assortment of different things.

Goulash

Lightest solid created.

Aerogel

Yuri, Lara love story filmed in Spain, Doctor __.

Zhivago

Roger __, Swiss genius on the court.

Federer

Puzzle 4 Answers

Thought expressed with symbolic fictional figures.

Allegory

Players don’t move the round object with their feet.

Handball

Gothic Revival cathedral in Madrid.

Almudena

In this movie Al Pacino plays a drug dealer.

Scarface

__ slice, uncooked, layered brownie.

Hedgehog

Don’t __ Ice is a children’s game for ages 3 and up.

Break the

Motoring route that must be paid for.

Toll road

Valley of __, Luxor’s ancient royal burial site.

The kings

Number with 12 zeros.

Trillion

Sacred Hindu language.

Sanskrit

Exhibition held every two years such as in Venice.

Biennale

Puzzle 5 Answers

Decryption code.

Cipher

Christian title can be held by women.

Deacon

Salt __, part of a cruet set.

Cellar

Situation marked by errors or confusion, muddle.

Snafus

__ Elvis, Warhol painting of three.

Triple

Box that is lowered six feet into ground.

Casket

Warcraft villain, __, played by Daniel Wu.

Guldan

Janggi, __ chess, is a board game from Korea.

Korean

Richard Strauss’ tone poem, Also __ Zarathustra.

Sprach

__ Richards, makers of kettles and irons.

Morphy

Male first name; Middle Eastern kingdom.

Jordan

__ and Clyde, US criminal couple from the 1930s.

Bonnie

A bee performs a __ dance to show where food is.

Waggle

W. G. __, wrote Austerlitz novel.

Sebald

Penguin species with loud trumpeting call.

Gentoo

Bluish gemstone aka cordierite.

Iolite

Group 243

Puzzle 1 Answers

Ottoman sultan’s highly decorative robe.

Kaftan

Ian __, Atonement’s author.

Mcewan

Mushroom that sounds like seafood.

Oyster

__ Goose, 1964 WWII romantic comedy, codename.

Father

Large lake on the border of Estonia and Russia.

Peipus

US desert state that is home to Area 51.

Nevada

Grouchy or ill-natured.

Crabby

__ tang are popular bright fish.

Yellow

It means “dove” in Spanish.

Paloma

Catch butterflies blown from an elephant’s trunk.

Elefun

Thick tissues that link muscles to bones.

Sinews

Region where Westminster Abbey is located.

London

__ Krabs is SpongeBob’s boss.

Eugene

Berber __ are always traveling.

Nomads

Astronomical measurement from parallax and second.

Parsec

A knight’s personal assistant.

Squire

A superhero power: to __ to another dimension.

Banish

Puzzle 2 Answers

Giant ‘evil’ crater in Siberian forest.

Patomskiy

HTML: __ Markup Language.

Hypertext

If you have this you giggle longest.

Last laugh

Swimming stroke a canine uses.

Dog paddle

German term meaning spirit of the age.

Zeitgeist

Shopping by post.

Mail order

Capital and largest city in Cambodia.

Phnom penh

Second biggest selling video game (as of 2017).

Minecraft

The name for the three-banded Italian flag.

Tricolore

The birth name of Cambodian dictator Pol Pot.

Saloth sar

Severe storm with categories 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Hurricane

Dome __, gold-roofed shrine in Jerusalem.

Of the rock

A sequel to a sequel; third film in a series.

Threequel

Puzzle 3 Answers

Music style in no key, sounds controversial.

Atonal

Formed, delineated.

Shaped

Concert__, Amsterdam opera house.

Gebouw

Band player.

Rocker

1994 short film about a Diana Ross fan with a crush.

Trevor

Strip for landing airplanes on.

Runway

Upholstered bench, couch, sofa.

Settee

Charles __, King of the Franks.

Martel

What Euphrosyne, Aglaea and Thalia were.

Graces

Severe gluten intolerance, __ disease.

Celiac

Group of related people, sometimes in one household.

Family

Lord Peter __, detective of Dorothy Sayers’ novels.

Wimsey

French term for thick sauce made from fruit.

Coulis

Indian dagger, fist blade.

Katara

Felines love this herb.

Catnip

Rajiv __ International Cricket Stadium.

Gandhi

Elusive Scottish lake monster’s nickname.

Nessie

Puzzle 4 Answers

Fear or dislike of bisexuality or bisexuals.

Biphobia

Squat, very hot chili pepper from green to orange.

Habanero

Box for holding pet piscines.

Fish tank

The __ of the Sierra Madre, US film from late 1940s.

Treasure

Sounding of notes of a chord in rapid succession.

Arpeggio

Educational entertainment company, kid’s game.

Leapfrog

Beavis’ pyromaniac friend.

Butthead

Heavenly virtue of self-discipline by reason.

Prudence

Lord Protector of the Commonwealth.

Cromwell

That’s how the cookie __.

Crumbles

El __, Maya step pyramid at Chichen Itza.

Castillo

Surroundings.

Purlieus

Puzzle 5 Answers

Repurpose items, creating more value.

Upcycle

Capital of Thailand.

Bangkok

Oldest living former French president, 1970s.

Estaing

This Croydon singer’s real name is Michael Omari.

Stormzy

__ Arnault, French billionaire.

Bernard

Robin Williams film about supernatural board game.

Jumanji

Goblin who lures children to the land of the dead.

Erlking

Large North American brown bear.

Grizzly

Competition.

Contest

Nancy Drew’s genre.

Mystery

Developed the 1st blood transfusion service.

Bethune

The way one who gives twice does it.

Quickly

Making clay items in a wheel and firing them.

Pottery

Müller-__, white grape created by Swiss botanist.

Thurgau

Largest moon of the planet Uranus.

Titania

Great musician or composer.

Maestro

Group 244

Puzzle 1 Answers

James __, invented artificial sweetener aspartame.

Schlatter

Staple food of Central Asian herders.

Yak butter

Nationality of long-distance runner Gebreselassie.

Ethiopian

Light in a concentrated line.

Laser beam

Financial situations of regions.

Economies

Viewing wheel by the River Thames.

London eye

Natalie __ had a hit song called “Torn”.

Imbruglia

Ancient rock temples in southern Egypt.

Abu simbel

The world’s constructed auxiliary language.

Esperanto

A female horse chiefly used for reproduction.

Broodmare

Outside the allowable area.

Off limits

Cover for a light.

Lamp shade

Sega’s sixth generation video game console.

Dreamcast

Discovery channel’s annual deep sea event.

Shark week

Von Trier’s comedy film from 1998.

The idiots

Hermann __, creator of the inkblot test.

Rorschach

Puzzle 2 Answers

Submerged.

Dipped

Carl Orff’s O Fortuna cantata, Carmina __.

Burana

A folding case used to carry money.

Wallet

A place for the sale of goods, store.

Bazaar

Largest Bavarian city, home to Bayern’s soccer team.

Munich

Herbal garden also known as apothecaries’ garden.

Physic

Plump and round.

Chubby

__ gingerbread, named after former Polish capital.

Krakow

Toy weapon with a cork down the barrel.

Pop gun

Frida Kahlo’s husband, Diego __.

Rivera

Dam on the Zambezi shared by Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Kariba

Crouching Tiger, Hidden __, film by Ang Lee.

Dragon

Members of secret society organized into lodges.

Masons

Puzzle 3 Answers

French fashion house of Marcel, with Femme perfume.

Rochas

Tires for emergencies.

Spares

Swift-__, a comet that last visited in 1992.

Tuttle

Dig a corpse out of the ground.

Exhume

Kingdom between Norway and Finland.

Sweden

Musée __, French art museum in railway station.

Dorsay

Fat-burning hormone found in muscle cells.

Irisin

Some call it “plátano” in Spanish.

Banana

This insect’s bite can lead to sleeping sickness.

Tsetse

Colour of autumn leaves before they turn red/brown.

Golden

__ Jankovic, former Serbian no. 1 tennis player.

Jelena

__ Île, historic center of Strasbourg.

Grande

Another name for the European bison.

Wisent

Geoff Love’s adopted name for music for mountains.

Manuel

Surname of mailman Cliff in Cheers.

Clavin

Killing the __ lion, the first labor of Heracles.

Nemean

Puzzle 4 Answers

Troy __, an actor in The Simpsons.

Mcclure

FC Barcelona’s stadium, with large trophy room.

Camp nou

Bound, obligated, closely related.

Affined

End-of-line railway station, main Rome rail hub.

Termini

Scholarly Jewish comedian.

Badchen

What the old are over.

The hill

__ chicken wings and blue cheese dip.

Buffalo

Hans __, German writer of Alone in Berlin.

Fallada

Argo producer, George __.

Clooney

Raising from birth.

Rearing

Christ the Redeemer statue overlooks Rio de __.

Janeiro

Made first solo non-stop transworld balloon flight.

Fossett

Puzzle 5 Answers

Bay __, bight at north of NZ’s North Island.

Of plenty

Power tool without a flex.

Cordless

Resting position with lower legs on the ground.

Kneeling

Jack the Ripper’s true one was never known.

Identity

Large outbreak of disease.

Pandemic

__ in Paradise features in the 50s musical Kismet.

Stranger

Cooked on a slow boil.

Simmered

Persian and Angora cats have __ (lengthy fur).

Long hair

Put money into a project.

Invested

Spherical float found in a toilet’s cistern.

Ballcock

Matt, creator of The Simpsons.

Groening

Alan __, Brit inventor of stereophonic sound.

Blumlein

Turn signals, informally.

Blinkers

US national park, a world Heritage Site since 1984.

Yosemite

Country in Marvel comics, capital Doomstadt.

Latveria

“All over bar the __”.

Shouting

Unit of hydrostatic pressure.

Decibars

Celebration headwear.

Party hat

Serer priestly class, ministers of religious cult.

Saltigue

Jefferson __, Washington monument to ex-president.

Memorial

__ Pessoa, Portuguese poet who used heteronyms.

Fernando

Group 245

Puzzle 1 Answers

The Girl with the Dragon __, a book and a movie.

Tattoo

Sea glider.

Surfer

__ J. Fry is from the year 2000 on Futurama.

Philip

__ Island, South African former prison.

Robben

Female president of the Philippines.

Aquino

American Super Soaker inventor __ Johnson.

Lonnie

__ Hero, self-destructive character.

Tragic

Collection of ancient writings forming Jewish law.

Talmud

__ in the Wind, song by Taupin and John.

Candle

__ Adventure, animated family attraction in London.

Shreks

An unbred, bucking, wild horse.

Bronco

King __VII Sea, Southern Ocean stretch.

Haakon

Marie-Antoine __, French pastry chef to royalty.

Careme

Photo __, take care of your nostalgic memories.

Albums

__ P. Sloan, General Motors’ mogul.

Alfred

Colombian painter who depicts plump women.

Botero

Syringa flowers that lend name to light purple.

Lilacs

Bread __, extract from the stomach in Operation.

Basket

Puzzle 2 Answers

Frances __, actress known for Fargo.

Mcdormand

Putting green golfer.

Golf caddy

Kate Middleton’s royal title, Duchess of __.

Cambridge

__ Tittlemouse, a character obsessed with cleaning.

Thomasina

Question on every Dallas fan’s lips in 1980.

Who shot jr

King of Aragon, sponsor of Columbus.

Ferdinand

Flyer who assesses performance of new aircraft.

Test pilot

A millionaire.

Moneybags

Well-known stage actor; played Henry Taylor on 24.

Colm feore

Major global hit for Boy George and band, Karma __.

Chameleon

Science founded by Archimedes.

Mechanics

Sweet, fermented yogurt eaten in India.

Mitha dahi

Dmitri __, created the table of chemical elements.

Mendeleev

Puzzle 3 Answers

Florida bay discovered by Ponce de León in 1513.

Biscayne

__ de la Cruz, eternal jubilee city.

Caravaca

Major French red wine region.

Bordeaux

Last half of a round of golf.

Back nine

__ Event, unexplained Siberian explosion of 1908.

Tunguska

__ Mastroianni, leading actor of La Dolce Vita.

Marcello

New Zealand skyscraper for bungee jumpers.

Sky tower

Similar to persuading.

Cajoling

He gives voice to a cowboy in Toy Story.

Tom hanks

John __, inventor of the chronometer.

Harrison

The __ waspfish has a large crown.

Cockatoo

In mythology, daughter of Helen and Menelaus.

Hermione

Home of Jože Plečnik and Škocjan Caves.

Slovenia

Science of electronic devices for aircrafts.

Avionics

Italian kitchen appliance brand, owners of Kenwood.

Delonghi

Pernickety, pettifogging.

Captious

Mount __, historical peak in South Dakota, US.

Rushmore

Style or design of printed characters.

Typeface

To make amends and fix.

Put right

Geological era in which mammals developed.

Cenozoic

Koala CIA agent in American Dad.

Reginald

Frasier Crane’s assistant and radio producer.

Roz doyle

Puzzle 4 Answers

Montevideo is capital of this South American State.

Uruguay

The letter ‘F’ in the phonetic alphabet.

Foxtrot

Vlad the __, ruler of Wallachia, Dracula.

Impaler

Similar to precook.

Parboil

The __ snapper has a black spot below dorsal fins.

Onespot

__ Marvel shoots energy bursts from her hands.

Captain

Needlework with a single hooked needle.

Crochet

Johnny __, real life story of lies and rumors.

Belinda

__ thy name is woman.

Frailty

Billy Madison, Waterboy, Happy Gilmore.

Sandler

Elizabethan loose-fitting breeches.

Gaskins

Illuminated machine that selects and plays vinyl.

Jukebox

Chemical element of atomic number 77.

Iridium

Puzzle 5 Answers

Container or ship.

Vessel

Latin American dish cooked in corn husk.

Tamale

__ Square, famous public space in downtown Cairo.

Tahrir

Luke, former world No 1 golfer.

Donald

Biblical land given to the Hebrews by Joseph.

Goshen

Humans only have two in their hands.

Thumbs

Opposite of concave.

Convex

Knight’s servant.

Squire

Andrew __, climber, died with Mallory on Everest.

Irvine

US brothers who invented a flying machine.

Wright

Hungarian name for their native language.

Magyar

Phone with round spinning dialpad.

Rotary

Procession, cortege.

Parade

__ Fair, Thackeray’s tale of rebellious Becky Sharp.

Vanity

Group 246

Puzzle 1 Answers

__ of Mons, apparitions seen on the Western Front.

Angels

Georges __, dotty French painter.

Seurat

Nominated 10 times for the Academy Awards, John __.

Huston

Appliance for heating water for coffee or tea.

Kettle

Lena __ plays Cersei in Game of Thrones.

Headey

Parsley, celery-like herb.

Lovage

Joseph __, Irish author.

Oneill

Paid assassin.

Hitman

Oil used in cosmetics.

Jojoba

__ the spot, treasure indicator on a pirate’s map.

X marks

Sir Gary __, West Indian cricket all-rounder.

Sobers

Kurt __ lead singer of Nirvana.

Cobain

First African Nobel Peace Prize winner, Albert __.

Lutuli

They often come with thunder and lightning.

Storms

To choose not to participate.

Opt out

TBH, Internet slang for “To Be __”.

Honest

In Christianity, Jacob’s second wife.

Rachel

Exercise performed hanging from a bar.

Pull up

Greek caviar, typically served as a spread.

Tarama

Puzzle 2 Answers

A person who has had a limb or part of one removed.

Amputee

__ Bentz, German who invented coffee filters.

Melitta

__ Adam, composed the ballet Giselle.

Adolphe

This starts a soccer or football game.

Kick off

Rapture.

Ecstasy

Clue Jr.: Case of the __ Pet was released in 1989.

Missing

__ Aching, witch-in-training in Discworld series.

Tiffany

A Few __, Aaron Sorkin’s US legal drama.

Good men

Magician and escapologist born Ehrich Weiss.

Houdini

Julia Roberts and Richard Gere star in __ Bride.

Runaway

No gain __ pain.

Without

__Steps, Iberian stone stairway in Rome.

Spanish

Alternative name for Jerusalem’s Western Wall.

Wailing

UK spicy, currant cake like Eccles cake.

Banbury

Puzzle 3 Answers

Jan __, Czech student protested by self-immolation.

Palach

French reformer of the 16th century, John __.

Calvin

Not a liar, honorable, fair, sincere.

Honest

Nestle’s French packaged dessert.

Flanby

__ Cardcaptor, Japanese cartoon with a magical tarot.

Sakura

Printer inks.

Toners

The fluid that surrounds blood cells.

Plasma

The Great American __, 1974 rodeo documentary.

Cowboy

Piazza in Rome with fountains and obelisk.

Navona

To make a contribution; to bestow.

Donate

Extremely strong plastic invented by Kwolek.

Kevlar

Greek goddess of the hearth.

Hestia

The __, sang highway radio hit Wild Thing.

Troggs

Longest river in southeast Asia.

Mekong

Evan __ Wood, US actress.

Rachel

Puzzle 4 Answers

A shortened version of a book.

Abridged

Extinct flightless sea bird of the North Atlantic.

Great auk

The extreme opposite of orderliness.

Disarray

Large purple fruit used in cooking.

Eggplant

He declined the Israeli presidency in 1952.

Einstein

Wheel inside a car that changes the direction.

Steering

They attach your feet to the saddle.

Stirrups

Variety of talc, metamorphic nickel.

Kerolite

The name of the 2010 World Cup ball.

Jabulani

All __, Fosse’s dance film.

That jazz

Formal garden of symmetrical box hedges.

Parterre

Old Church, oldest building in Amsterdam.

Oude kerk

“Yes, a __ times yes!”, Pride and Prejudice line.

Thousand

Anesthetic sometimes called “Special K”.

Ketamine

Puzzle 5 Answers

Can be verified by observation or logic.

Empirical

Public space at the heart of Amsterdam.

Dam square

Sensible and realistic.

Pragmatic

A Town __, a love story set during and after WWII.

Like alice

Professional charged with steering Venetian boats.

Gondolier

Elite army of eunuchs in GOT.

Unsullied

Different colored skullcap worn by RC clergy.

Zucchetto

Fear of animals.

Zoophobia

Equines who pulled coal in the mines.

Pit ponies

Institute where brainy sorts thrash out policy.

Think tank

Component that cleans lubrication.

Oil filter

The first set of gnashers of a young mammal.

Milk teeth

Beachcomber’s bounty.

Seashells

There’s calm in its eye.

Hurricane

Gilbert and Sullivan operetta about a curse.

Ruddigore

Group 247

Puzzle 1 Answers

French dept in Occitanie, named after its river.

Aveyron

__ Sound, NZ fjord with penguins and seals.

Milford

Ancient quarter of a city.

Old town

As fast as it goes.

Flat out

Spanish fashion designer, __ Fortuny, born 1871.

Mariano

Hot __, moving around the office to work.

Desking

First Triumvirate member with Pompey and Caesar.

Crassus

Gear for going backwards.

Reverse

Strips of dried dough.

Noodles

Term for an americana submission in Jiu Jitsu.

Keylock

South African mongoose.

Meerkat

Puzzle 2 Answers

Dame Ninette de __, English-Irish ballerina.

Valois

Taking a chance, with no guarantee.

On spec

Cleaning up the __ stables, the fifth labor of Heracles.

Augean

Noah’s great-grandson.

Nimrod

Insect emblem of mysterious global puzzle series.

Cicada

Where would Scooby-Doo be without __.

Shaggy

Capital of Dominica.

Roseau

Puff __, French, many buttered layers.

Pastry

Official currency of Tajikistan.

Somoni

__ Plath, writer who married Ted Hughes.

Sylvia

Foliage.

Leaves

Animal waste used as fertilizer.

Manure

Puzzle 3 Answers

Sport for which Petra Kvitova is noted.

Tennis

What Italians call Scotland.

Scozia

Tropical plant used in conservatory furniture.

Rattan

Agricultural region in southeastern Spain.

Murcia

Maraschino, a type of.

Cherry

Guitar maker that produces the Stratocaster.

Fender

Roman Augustan poet famous for his odes.

Horace

Natalie __, plays a Tyrell in Game of Thrones.

Dormer

__ Heinlein, the dean of science fiction writers.

Robert

Japanese photography firm, merged with Minolta.

Konica

Aircraft storage building.

Hangar

Schwarzenegger is his twin in a movie.

Devito

He was Prince Siddhartha before his enlightenment.

Buddha

A large dog.

Towser

Adrenal and thymus are types.

Glands

Museum where the Mona Lisa is located.

Louvre

Neither Sunday nor Tuesday.

Monday

Woven fabric with a loopy curled pile.

Boucle

Puzzle 4 Answers

The science of the laws, especially of the mind.

Nomology

Two-player card game evolved from “whisky poker”.

Gin rummy

US prison center of 1962 jailbreak mystery.

Alcatraz

Where an artist keeps oils.

Paintbox

The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Molly __.

Ringwald

This machine tears up confidential papers.

Shredder

Jim __, lead singer of US band The Doors.

Morrison

A head-swelling lizard.

Basilisk

Owner and manager of vacation resorts, inns.

Hotelier

Italian dessert made with mascarpone and coffee.

Tiramisu

On Futurama, he is a famous robot actor.

Calculon

Unaccompanied, abandoned, forsaken.

Lonesome

Tommy and __, crime solvers till death do them part.

Tuppence

Amerigo __, explorer who gave his name to America.

Vespucci

The N in the international phonetic alphabet.

November

Puzzle 5 Answers

Where golfers go to celebrate a round of golf.

Clubhouse

Cologne __, Germany’s most visited landmark.

Cathedral

One who obtains or extorts money illegally.

Racketeer

Contamination, toxic waste and smoke cause this.

Pollution

Opening sheet of a newspaper, with headline.

Front page

Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel.

Desert fox

German director of Der Blaue Engel.

Sternberg

Hardwood trees with catkins.

Hornbeams

Joseph of __, he took the Holy Grail to Britain.

Arimathea

The common garden mint; a candy flavor.

Spearmint

Armpit perfume, fights body odor.

Deodorant

Thor __, Norwegian explorer and anthropologist.

Heyerdahl

To build.

Construct

On his deathbed he said: Let not poor Nelly starve.

Charles ii

Deceitful speech or action.

Duplicity

To move back and forth.

Oscillate

Sri __ Sahib, Amritsar’s Golden Temple.

Harmandir

The season of good cheer.

Christmas

Group 248

Puzzle 1 Answers

__ Greene, UK author of The Heart of the Matter.

Graham

Dinner.

Supper

Color of the submarine the Beatles sang about.

Yellow

Nicole __, Star of Far and Away and Moulin Rouge.

Kidman

Pepper named after Syrian city; regional spice.

Aleppo

Greek goddess of hearth, home and chastity.

Hestia

Soldier’s equipment holder.

Kit bag

Warning lights in a car, with a triangle symbol.

Hazard

Yoga practiced in heated rooms.

Bikram

Treaty of __ sought WWI peace with the Ottomans.

Sevres

Filtration system inside the mouth of some whales.

Baleen

Metallic strands used to decorate a Christmas tree.

Tinsel

Puzzle 2 Answers

It means “never-ending” in Latin.

Perpetuum

First to develop a polio vaccination.

Jonas salk

Weather-related nickname of boxer Rubin Carter.

Hurricane

Former home of Elvis in Tennessee.

Graceland

Period of life before adolescency.

Childhood

German composer of Canon in D.

Pachelbel

__ Taylor, British-American iconic actress.

Elizabeth

Vehicle driven by Ernest Hemingway in WWI.

Ambulance

It used to be Saint Petersburg.

Leningrad

Country where Hugh Jackman was born.

Australia

Person who has a hard time remembering things.

Forgetful

Shot of espresso with ground coffee.

Ristretto

Strait separates Africa and Europe.

Gibraltar

Teller in a financial institution.

Bank clerk

Artistic attention to detail.

Painterly

Puzzle 3 Answers

Not indoors.

Outside

Survivors, remnants.

Relicts

Doctor who discovered penicillin: Alexander __.

Fleming

Suspension of fine solid or liquid particles in gas.

Aerosol

Last name of US first lady Jackie’s husband, 1960s.

Kennedy

Vengeance.

Revenge

The capital of Iraq.

Baghdad

Cross them for good luck.

Fingers

Marsupial that is like a small kangaroo.

Wallaby

Jules Verne adventure, 20,000 __ Under the Sea.

Leagues

Heavy, coarse fabric used for stiffening garments.

Buckram

Walter __, creator of the Bauhaus in Weimar.

Gropius

To have faith in someone or something.

Believe

Composer of “Symphonie Fantastique”: Hector __.

Berlioz

Root vegetable, off-white, similar to a carrot.

Parsnip

Nickname of Arsenal’s supporters.

Gunners

Puzzle 4 Answers

Car stoppers.

Brakes

Gulf of __, site of 1964 US/Vietnam incident.

Tonkin

The period of four Sundays before Christmas.

Advent

Annie __, evil nurse from King’s Misery.

Wilkes

Type of liquid printer.

Ink jet

Play that poses the question “To be or not to be?”.

Hamlet

Corny, mawkish.

Slushy

Lightweight, cheap cotton, used for straining jam.

Muslin

Italian aperitif flavored with orange.

Aperol

Hugh __, British actor, Dr. House.

Laurie

__ stick; a USB by another name.

Memory

Puzzle 5 Answers

Winner.

Champion

King __ Stadium, Belgian royalty sporting grounds.

Baudouin

Creator of Holden Caulfield.

Salinger

Pony __, vibrant trophy ribbons.

Rosettes

Major vein that returns blood to the heart.

Vena cava

Small bread roll from Belgian capital.

Pistolet

Saddle bags, handy for cyclists.

Panniers

It won’t poison you.

Nontoxic

__ Judy, seaside slapstick with husband and wife.

Punch and

Seller of indulgences, as described by Chaucer.

Pardoner

Bob’s __, animated short film about midlife crisis.

Birthday

Member of a group holding power in a country.

Oligarch

Horror sitcom sounds like a type of cheese.

Munsters

Green or yellow banana.

Plantain

Avant-garde musical instrument with antennae.

Theremin

Island group containing Majorca and Menorca.

Balearic

Group 249

Puzzle 1 Answers

__ James, actor who served as Monty’s double.

Clifton

Blood sucker.

Vampire

Display-based game console from Milton Bradley.

Vectrex

The middle coat of the eyeball.

Choroid

Played Liz Lemon on 30 Rock.

Tina fey

Large knife used for clearing foliage.

Machete

The banded __ star has dark brown bands.

Brittle

The Goonies follow __ Willy’s treasure map.

One eyed

Waste, trash.

Garbage

__ Familia, Gaudi’s unfinished Barcelona church.

Sagrada

Twisted, baked bread represents people hugging.

Pretzel

Apep, Egyptian __ deity who fought Ra.

Serpent

Quickly scrolling sideways on a screen.

Swiping

Female parent, not biological.

Stepmom

Puzzle 2 Answers

When an astronaut leaves the capsule.

Space walk

Small version of posh piano.

Baby grand

The head of a company, chairman.

President

__ Trophy, annual prize for seaplane races.

Schneider

Contamination; disease caused by germs.

Infection

A small German archipelago in the North Sea.

Helgoland

Yom Kippur, Day of __ in Jewish religion.

Atonement

Largest Buddhist temple in the world, in Indonesia.

Borobudur

Notorious Welsh pirate famed for many captures.

Black bart

Science of the sun, ancient Egypt course.

Heliology

Germany’s main legislative body.

Bundestag

Very exaggerated figure of speech, in writing.

Hyperbole

Napoleon’s last utterance, the love of his life.

Josephine

Forrest’s shrimping boat company.

Bubba gump

Evaluates art, writing of strengths and weaknesses.

Art critic

Long form of a machine that copied over phonelines.

Facsimile

King Solomon’s mother.

Bathsheba

Puzzle 3 Answers

What the French call Scotland.

Ecosse

Ceramic spouted vessel to brew Assam or Earl Grey.

Teapot

Sarah Ferguson’s former spouse: Prince __.

Andrew

Drug that reduces cholesterol.

Statin

German word for an artificial, substitute thing.

Ersatz

Greek titan of the sun.

Helios

Tapping a keyboard with fingers.

Typing

Bessie __, medical supplies pioneer.

Blount

The Human __, Rooney as telegram boy.

Comedy

Plain, Irish fabric of woven cotton.

Poplin

Arachnid.

Spider

Colorful Egyptian water, popular with divers.

Red sea

Pencil toppers with colorful stood-up hair.

Trolls

A price placed on a wanted person’s life.

Bounty

Puzzle 4 Answers

Someone who is a novice, especially to a religion.

Neophyte

Nissan car shares name with Campbell’s speedster.

Bluebird

Turtles, crocodiles, snakes, lizards, etc..

Reptiles

St Peter’s sacred building in the Vatican City.

Basilica

Not sisters.

Brothers

Bosnian custard cream pie.

Krempita

Founder of the German Empire, Otto von __.

Bismarck

Fabric with linseed, now plastic, as table cover.

Oilcloth

Swine language game, remove letter, add an ‘a’.

Pig latin

French painter, Barbizon school.

Daubigny

Used in the home.

Domestic

Puzzle 5 Answers

__ the Great, King of Wessex from 871 to 899.

Alfred

Side of the head, behind the eye.

Temple

Sci-fi novel by R.A. Lafferty: “Past __”.

Master

Magician’s story.

Patter

__ventura, Canary Island with biosphere reserve.

Fuerte

Royal residence, such as Buckingham or Versailles.

Palace

Long-stemmed salad veg with leaves at top.

Celery

Home builder.

Framer

“Good good” chocolate sweets.

Bonbon

Facial hairs, mostly in men.

Beards

Wildlife-spotting adventure holiday.

Safari

Luc __, director of Nikita and The Fifth Element.

Besson

Tough choice between two.

Toss up

It will take your picture.

Camera

Volkswagen model sounds like a friend of Tracy.

Sharan

Truck __, heavy tractor units revving up.

Racing

Thomas __, invented first commercial steam engine.

Savery

Group 250

Puzzle 1 Answers

101 Dalmatians in 1996 is a __ of the 1961 film.

Remake

Five vertebrae in your lower spine.

Sacral

Orange or purple root veggie favored by rabbits.

Carrot

French multinational known for dairy products.

Danone

__ Wallis, invented bomb used by the Dam Busters.

Barnes

__ coral shrimp are red and white.

Banded

Northernmost Latin American country.

Mexico

In contrast to or as the alternative of.

Versus

Elevated.

Raised

The art of horsemanship.

Manege

Larry who played J. R. Ewing in Dallas.

Hagman

Purcell opera, Dido and __.

Aeneas

To abduct.

Kidnap

__ notes, brand of sticky notes.

Post it

Alexandre Dumas novel: “The Count of Monte __”.

Cristo

Puzzle 2 Answers

To take errors into account on a reading.

Calibrate

What takes you to another web page.

Hyperlink

Large London square with lions and fountains.

Trafalgar

Norwegian nutty cheese with large holes.

Jarlsberg

Belgian former pro tennis player Kim __.

Clijsters

Promoting, selling and distributing a product.

Marketing

Practice what __.

You preach

__ Maria of France, married Charles I in 1625.

Henrietta

Diamonds __, Prince’s song about precious stones.

And pearls

The first drops of breastmilk after a baby’s birth.

Colostrum

__ Louise, Davis and Sarandon starred.

Thelma and

Newt __, fictitious J K Rowling author.

Scamander

Human remains perfectly preserved in peat.

Bog bodies

Storage for personal items with no strap.

Clutch bag

Marine creature siphons water in and pushes it out.

Sea squirt

Sir Les __, drunken Australian cultural attaché.

Patterson

Waves at an orchestra.

Conductor

Machine tool engineer, famous for screw threads.

Whitworth

Word starting with f with all five vowels in order.

Facetious

Scarlett __, actress of Lost in Translation.

Johansson

Puzzle 3 Answers

Lewd, raunchy.

Obscene

Package requiring delicate care; a famous stamp.

Fragile

__ van Gogh, he painted sunflowers.

Vincent

Rock formed by cooling lava.

Igneous

Antonym of lowest.

Highest

December 26, Saint’s Day in Ireland.

Stephen

He has a hit song called Maggie May, Rod __.

Stewart

Of or relating to fabric or weaving.

Textile

Southern __ snake is a harmless species in the US.

Hognose

Double __, Nintendo basketball game.

Dribble

Merry __, rotating horses, carousel.

Go round

To have laid out a course for a plane, boat.

Charted

Major worldwide news syndication company.

Reuters

Small, short sword used by Samurai class.

Kodachi

__ on the Wind, based on real life scandal.

Written

Puzzle 4 Answers

Spanish newspaper, name means “the country”.

El pais

The Welsh mafia, a portmanteau word.

Taffia

Vulcanized material developed by Charles Goodyear.

Rubber

__ Lance, 1954 Western movie with Spencer Tracy.

Broken

The __brush coral is tall with small branches.

Bottle

Recovery, renewal.

Upturn

French-speaking province of Canada.

Quebec

Czech-born Swiss tennis star Martina.

Hingis

Marbled dried meat from Italy.

Salami

American __ Story, US series created by Ryan Murphy.

Horror

__ Legion, German planes bombed Guernica in Spain.

Condor

Ready to relinquish control.

Docile

Fleet of warships.

Armada

Subgenre of alternative rock born in the last 1980s.

Grunge

Hair products you use “Because You’re Worth It”.

L’oréal

Puzzle 5 Answers

__ Flute, Mozart opera.

The magic

The woman Romeo claimed to love before Juliet.

Rosaline

Blue-spotted __ has bright blue spots.

Stingray

Final date to complete a project.

Deadline

Norwegian mineral, contains uranium.

Cleveite

Substance used to preserve food.

Additive

Marlene __, sultry actress of The Blue Angel.

Dietrich

Die-cast vehicles first sold in cardboard packs.

Matchbox

Sherwood Forest’s male inhabitants.

Merry men

Marks caused by burst blood vessels under the skin.

Bruising

__ the Kings, Luxor’s ancient royal burial site.

Valley of

Capital of Malta.

Valletta

Something that takes precedence or is most urgent.

Priority

Source, origin, font.

Fountain

Group 251

Puzzle 1 Answers

__ Aztec, red cocktail with tequila, cream.

Bloody

1980s term for a young urban professional.

Yuppie

Scope, degree, range.

Extent

John __ plays Finn in Star Wars: Episode 7.

Boyega

The Police’s mega hit song Every __ You Take.

Breath

Less hot.

Cooler

Riverside execution post used for hanging pirates.

Gibbet

Scandinavian country’s currency is the Krona.

Sweden

They fly the bird.

Pilots

How the __ Stole Christmas.

Grinch

Sea between Australia and New Zealand.

Tasman

La Femme __, TV series starring Peta Wilson.

Nikita

Puzzle 2 Answers

Italian cheese sometimes smoked or grilled.

Provolone

Sedimentary white rock.

Limestone

Money lender with excessive interest rates.

Loan shark

Apparatus used for hatching eggs.

Incubator

__ nebula, dark “equine” cloud of dust in Orion.

Horsehead

Star of Good Will Hunting.

Matt damon

Pierre __, French dramatist of Le Cid.

Corneille

King Tut’s golden headdress, discovered by Carter.

Death mask

1975 film satire of country, gospel music.

Nashville

Belgian king set up the Congo Free State.

Leopold ii

Small containers for drugs.

Pill boxes

Puzzle 3 Answers

Western Hemisphere marsupials.

Opossum

Grape Ape was created by Hanna/__ in 1975.

Barbera

Plastic spork is example of this utensil.

Trident

Sikh swords seen crossed on Khanda symbol.

Kirpans

West German name for former East German currency.

Ostmark

Convertible car.

Soft top

Kidding around.

Playing

Mr Eiffel, who built an iconic French tower.

Gustave

__-Daro, abandoned Indus Valley archeology site.

Mohenjo

Ergonomics is the __ of things fitting people.

Science

Edible upper half of the broccoli.

Florets

__ Ice, US rapper from the 1980s.

Vanilla

Where planes land and models strut.

Runways

Gainsborough portrait of young man in satin.

Blue boy

Maiden name of Margaret Thatcher.

Roberts

Impressive cave scribblings at Lascaux, France.

Rock art

Puzzle 4 Answers

Five robots combined in the Power Rangers series.

Megazord

Reached the North Pole under the ice cap (1958).

Nautilus

Form of marriage with multiple wives.

Polygyny

Snack made with granola, dried fruits and nuts.

Trail mix

Peruvian or Greek tunes are played on these.

Panpipes

Pink-hued nickname of Petra, Jordan.

Rose city

Strongman buys girl in Fellini’s mythology film.

La strada

Imitative work that nods at another work or style.

Pastiche

Container of varied objects.

Mixed bag

Awkward and not graceful.

Ungainly

Sacerdotal.

Priestly

Puzzle 5 Answers

Announcer on the Muppet Show,__ the Frog.

Kermit

The Persistence of __, by Dalí, if you can remember.

Memory

Former name of Chennai and a lightweight fabric.

Madras

Charles __, Dickens’ French aristocrat.

Darnay

Red __, British flag seen at sea.

Ensign

Important to economy, longest south African river.

Orange

Small measure of liquor.

Noggin

To choose something or someone over others.

Select

French author of the play No Exit, Jean-Paul __.

Sartre

You put your head here when you are sleeping.

Pillow

Rhyming term for an important person.

Big wig

Spanish F1 racing driver Fernando __.

Alonso

Lech __, Polish trade unionist and president.

Walesa

Day of the week that starts the Sabbath.

Friday

Puppet play from Bali and Java.

Wayang

One makes several french fries.

Potato

Snowy month of the French Revolutionary calendar.

Nivose

Group 252

Puzzle 1 Answers

To deliver a blow, to hit with a fist or weapon.

Strike

Store your stuff here.

Locker

Moveable toy, with strings, for putting on shows.

Puppet

First wife of Henry VIII: Catherine of __.

Aragon

Mixed songs; a mixture of different things.

Medley

Type of coffee invented by German Melitta Bentz.

Brewed

Padded stool used as a footrest.

Pouffe

Breaking up of soil using machine of the same name.

Harrow

Pete’s Dragon in 2016 is a __ of the 1977 film.

Remake

Shape of cloud that forms the core of a tornado.

Funnel

Astrological sign associated with the fish.

Pisces

__ Epoch: When the first marine mammals appeared.

Eocene

Puzzle 2 Answers

Cross between an espresso and a cappuccino.

Macchiato

Crystal twinning, variety of albite.

Pericline

People or animals who live at night.

Nocturnal

Star from Taxi and Who’s the Boss?.

Tony danza

Carved faces on Westminster Abbey’s roof.

Gargoyles

A bizarre or odd idea or suggestion is out in __.

Left field

Moving a ball with lots of short kicks.

Dribbling

Pilot of a double-decker passenger vehicle.

Bus driver

Controversial spiritual movement in China.

Falun gong

Equine violin bow material.

Horsehair

__ dummies, car safety guinea pigs.

Crash test

Photo story, progressing through multiple pictures.

Slideshow

Puzzle 3 Answers

To gulp and ingest food or drink.

Swallow

__ oxide, aka laughing gas.

Nitrous

__ Vivaldi, composer of The Four Seasons.

Antonio

Naval battle between the Ottomans and Holy League.

Lepanto

Slang for prison, describes the closing of doors.

Slammer

London’s macabre historical attraction.

Dungeon

Historical Delhi residence of Mughal emperors.

Red fort

Someone who trespasses or steals.

Poacher

Often ice-bound gulf between Sweden and Finland.

Bothnia

The Dalai Lama is a central figure in __ Buddhism.

Tibetan

Standing long jump expert in early 20th century.

Ray ewry

Omission of a passage in a book, speech or film.

Elision

Highest officer rank in the US Army.

General

Puzzle 4 Answers

AS Roma plays soccer in this Italian league.

Serie a

Spicy root can be used in sweet or savory food.

Ginger

Gulf __, strait of the Arabian Sea.

Of oman

Microsoft’s software suite.

Office

__ Conrad, Chief Bureaucrat on Futurama.

Hermes

Thin fruit dessert topping from Eastern Europe.

Slatko

Subject, theme, topic.

Matter

Onto a ship or plane, climb __.

Aboard

Author of “The Handmaid’s Tale” Margaret __.

Atwood

Ferdinand Marcos’ shoe loving widow.

Imelda

Country claims part of Kosovo, capital Belgrade.

Serbia

Bone in the wrist.

Carpus

Eager, impatient.

Raring

The Millennium __ is Han Solo’s ship in Star Wars.

Falcon

Norse dwarf turns into a dragon killed by Sigurd.

Fafnir

Jacqueline __, French flyer who set speed records.

Auriol

Little __, Degas sculpture of ballet student.

Dancer

Sub-unit of the zloty, Poland’s currency.

Groszy

Puzzle 5 Answers

Singing group associated with Diana Ross.

Supremes

Internal communications system.

Intercom

Trans-__ Railway, linking Moscow with Vladivostok.

Siberian

Retired Serbian tennis player Ana __.

Ivanovic

Author of All Quiet on the Western Front.

Remarque

__ Leia kills Jabba the Hutt in Episode 6.

Princess

A small rocky body that orbits the sun.

Asteroid

One of the most famous British Monarchs ever.

Victoria

Soaking food in liquid to extract flavor.

Steeping

Blue-pink spring flowers from bulbs.

Hyacinth

The Return of the __ Son, Rembrandt painting.

Prodigal

Journey album, 1978.

Infinity

Plentifully.

In spades

Large long-tailed bird with beautiful feathers.

Pheasant

Times __, standard font.

New roman

French Sun King with palace at Versailles.

Louis xiv

Hallway furniture near the door.

Hatstand

Group 253

Puzzle 1 Answers

Renault mid-range van, badly spelled conjestion.

Trafic

Deux-__, west French dept named after two rivers.

Sèvres

Author of the novel “Black Beauty”: Anna __.

Sewell

Ex-Man Utd and England striker, Wayne __.

Rooney

Spike of ice formed when dripping water freezes.

Icicle

Bohemian religious reformer burned at the stake.

Jan hus

Fruit ready to be picked.

Mature

__proof, can’t be if shot.

Bullet

Shakespeare __, won the Academy Awards in 1999.

In love

Portable computer for hot-desking.

Laptop

To clumsily feel for something.

Fumble

Police Chief Clancy on The Simpsons.

Wiggum

Not being at risk from danger.

Safety

Yellowish French liqueur flavored with aniseed.

Pastis

Five o’clock stubble.

Shadow

The Gross Clinic is surgery painted by Thomas __.

Eakins

Puzzle 2 Answers

Nazca Desert mountaintop alien landing site?.

Palpa flat

Robinson Crusoe’s companion.

Man friday

Polymers developed by Frederick Kipping.

Silicones

Daily frequency.

Quotidian

Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.

Iphigenia

Supposedly, allegedly.

Purported

Turkish tax system of enrollment of Christian boys.

Devshirme

Nationality of Verdi’s opera princess, Aida.

Ethiopian

Smooth rock for grinding grain.

Millstone

End of year festivities cookies, Santa, reindeer.

Christmas

Not the glass of an optimist.

Half empty

Birds whose eggs are the biggest.

Ostriches

Largest island in the Maluku archipelago.

Halmahera

Puzzle 3 Answers

Upward-moving current of air.

Updraft

Strolling, taking steps, using your legs.

Walking

__ control, of the force that attracts us to earth.

Gravity

John __, Dexter villain, Interstellar actor.

Lithgow

Medicine used for pain and to thin blood.

Aspirin

Umbrella toting fictional character Mary __.

Poppins

Professional started with science kit as kid.

Chemist

Dogs __ Poker, famous canine portrait.

Playing

Great Wall __, giant East Asian brickwork.

Of china

Luck of __ is a drawing game from 2006.

The draw

The reversed P “paragraph” symbol.

Pilcrow

Procedure to find cause of death.

Autopsy

Collectibles in metal currency form.

Coinage

Axilspot __ are red-brown with white spots.

Hogfish

Beethoven’s only opera.

Fidelio

Nino __, Italian stylist and wool business owner.

Cerruti

Name that Julius Caesar gave to present-day Paris.

Lutetia

Other times, other __.

Manners

Moving your body to a tune.

Dancing

__ Henry, Frenchman led Arsenal in scoring.

Thierry

Puzzle 4 Answers

__ Sutherland, Flatliners star.

Kiefer

__ Electric Power, stadium nicknamed Big Swan.

Tohoku

Kitchen utensil for removing the pits of cherries.

Stoner

Jack __, White Fang author.

London

__ Run, utopian, no one above age of 30.

Logans

Neck accessory for male evening suit.

Bow tie

Infamous letter-writing killer in 1960s California.

Zodiac

Musical pieces or decrees in law.

Canons

Large white seabird with yellow head.

Gannet

Country where Monte Carlo is located.

Monaco

Lowest rank of Zoroastrian priesthood.

Herbad

Scanty, not enough.

Meagre

__ Dawg, cartoon canine sheriff’s no 2.

Deputy

Frenchman who led the First Crusade, Peter the __.

Hermit

Small, wooden tool for making a hole for planting.

Dibber

Oldest university in English speaking world.

Oxford

Puzzle 5 Answers

The title given to the daughter of a tsar.

Tsarevna

Region of calm winds near the Equator.

Doldrums

The Blues __, stars John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd.

Brothers

Strong green liquor nicknamed “The Green Fairy”.

Absinthe

Legendary literary critic, __ Frye.

Northrop

On a snail they are retractable.

Antennae

Not straight forward.

Indirect

First President of Kenya as an independent nation.

Kenyatta

__ Zwingli, Swiss religious reformer.

Huldrych

Monty Burns’s assistant in The Simpsons.

Smithers

New Zealand movie set offering tours.

Hobbiton

A precision shooter is an expert __.

Marksman

A woodwind instrument with a reed mouthpiece.

Clarinet

__ order or a PO.

Purchase

Pirate’s handheld optical aid.

Spyglass

Group 254

Puzzle 1 Answers

George __, main spy of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

Smiley

The current capital of Tanzania.

Dodoma

Money earned through work.

Income

Charity begins here.

At home

__ cord, vital part of the central nervous system.

Spinal

Female Collie has been in film, TV and radio.

Lassie

Red head in love with Betty and Veronica.

Archie

Female English fossil finder Mary.

Anning

Wooden structure used in factories.

Pallet

Country called the “land of milk and honey”.

Israel

Spanish word for state.

Estado

Sacking of this financier started the French Rev.

Necker

Benjamin with a curious case.

Button

Glitzy French Riviera resort Saint- __.

Tropez

Pam who played Mindy in Mork and Mindy.

Dawber

Dam Busters target with the Sorbe and Eder.

Moehne

Ricky __, torch bearer of late 90’s Latin craze.

Martin

Puzzle 2 Answers

__ the post, voting system where winner takes all.

First past

Tiny breed of dog named after a big Mexican State.

Chihuahua

Holder of grilled bread at breakfast table.

Toast rack

WWI training grounds like at Etaples Mutiny.

Bullrings

Part of a choreographer’s routine.

Dance step

Novelty lighting with warmed wax blobs in glass.

Lava lamps

Black Beauty’s stablemates: Ginger and __.

Merrylegs

It’s all about beauty.

Aesthetic

Old style personal printer.

Dot matrix

Grab a tree for luck.

Touch wood

Puzzle 3 Answers

__ cards: decorative aces, kings, queens, jacks.

Playing

Aircraft designer known as Queen of Hurricanes.

Macgill

Stuffed pasta pillows.

Ravioli

__ Itza, ancient archeological site in Mexico.

Chichen

Fastest land animal.

Cheetah

Shakespearean play title that rhymes with “jello”.

Othello

Thou shalt not bear false __ against thy neighbor.

Witness

__ Square, central piazza in Venice.

St marks

The __, resources not owned, open to all.

Commons

A ruling family in a monarchy.

Dynasty

Priestess of Santeria, male is Santero.

Santera

Puzzle 4 Answers

The Hindu class system divides people into __.

Castes

Attention-seeking cry of a pirate.

Yo ho ho

Doggy channel south of Tierra del Fuego.

Beagle

What slot machines are called in Australia.

Pokies

Curiosity killed it.

The cat

Entry-level light aircraft.

Cessna

Ernst __ Stadion, hosted 2008 Euro games.

Happel

Small, long-handled shallow pan for sauteeing.

Poelon

Kevin, plays Francis Underwood in House of Cards.

Spacey

Occupation of the fictional character Sweeney Todd.

Barber

Roller shoes with built-in wheels.

Heelys

Country where Lech Walesa served as President.

Poland

Jack __, paleontologist researched dinosaurs’ DNA.

Horner

To __ go where no man has gone before (Star Trek).

Boldly

Written communication.

Notice

__ reels form part of a needleworker’s collection.

Cotton

Magically animated beings of Jewish mythology.

Golems

Give lines to a forgetful actor.

Prompt

Coarse fabric often used in sacking.

Burlap

Of or relating to dogs.

Canine

Antonym of never.

Always

Puzzle 5 Answers

Mineral used in making glass.

Fluorite

Widely known as the first synthetic plastic.

Bakelite

Sideshow Mel is Krusty’s __ in The Simpsons.

Sidekick

Reba __, US country singer, actress.

Mcentire

Stade __, national stadium in Paris.

De france

The second-highest ranking of angels.

Cherubim

Board game where a player may land on “Chance”.

Monopoly

Dry Italian cookies to eat with coffee.

Biscotti

Roald Dahl’s first children’s book: “The __”.

Gremlins

Low-cost German airline with green logo.

Germania

Annually, each year.

Per annum

She plays Katniss in The Hunger Games movies.

Lawrence

__ chameleon has large horns on its head.

Jacksons

Table Mountain overlooks this South African city.

Cape town

Brittany region as said by a Frenchman.

Bretagne

Group 255

Puzzle 1 Answers

Bad manners to put these on the dining table.

Elbows

King of England from 1760 to 1820: __ III.

George

Line of equal pressure on a weather map.

Isobar

__bahn, famous entertainment street in Hamburg.

Reeper

Futurama’s head of the Robot Mafia.

Donbot

Lofty Australian tennis star, Pat __.

Rafter

__ Lake, Oregon landmark with a wizard island.

Crater

Juno __, Roman goddess of money.

Moneta

Food made by churning milk.

Butter

Friendly ghost, befriended by Christina Ricci.

Casper

Modern term, someone who knows rabbinical lit.

Lamdan

__ Sese Seko, seized power in Zaire in 1965.

Mobutu

Surly or ill-tempered.

Grumpy

Venomous Aussie snake has coastal and inland types.

Taipan

Blend of cybernetics and organism for a part-robot.

Cyborg

Fighting skills.

Combat

German-Austrian dress of full skirt and low bodice.

Dirndl

Latin name for Copenhagen.

Hafnia

Peace prizewinner and founder of Solidarity union.

Walesa

Puzzle 2 Answers

Papa’s Delicate __, Jackie Gleason plays Papa.

Condition

Harsh scratchy garment worn as a show of penance.

Hair shirt

What many hands make.

Light work

She takes you to your seat in the theater.

Usherette

Drying, shriveling.

Withering

Polish dance music associated with Chopin.

Polonaise

Seaside venue for club and ball game.

Golf links

US international news agency founded in 1995.

Bloomberg

Called Liberty Steak in the US during WWII.

Hamburger

African __, giant gastropod.

Land snail

Unter den Linden in Berlin is a tree-lined __.

Boulevard

SI derived unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq.

Becquerel

Sailboat with two hulls.

Catamaran

Having gone back to a place.

Revisited

Puzzle 3 Answers

Favorite green leaf of certain fictional sailor.

Spinach

Paolo __, longtime left back for AC Milan, Italy.

Maldini

Bishop to whom title has been officially granted.

Primate

Foreign born singer who had a No. 1 smash “SOS”.

Rihanna

To flog a dead horse is __.

Useless

To lean back.

Recline

Steered clear of something.

Avoided

Venetian water transport.

Gondola

Shop checkout person.

Cashier

__ cavity, space between membranes in the lung.

Pleural

Hard clear plastic, an alternative to glass.

Perspex

Leonardo __, Italian artist and inventor.

Da vinci

__ Bridge, Prague river crossing with statues.

Charles

Infectious disease also known as lockjaw.

Tetanus

__, Mr. Chips, 1939 British romantic drama.

Goodbye

Mouse-like domestic pets that burrow in earth.

Gerbils

Ability of animals to adapt to avoid predators.

Crypsis

Puzzle 4 Answers

Julia Louis-Dreyfus played her on Seinfeld.

Elaine

__ squad, former military execution method.

Firing

C-3PO was built by __ in Star Wars: Episode 1.

Anakin

Dust storms occurring in arid regions.

Haboob

Whistle __, exposes illegal, unethical conduct.

Blower

“Au __” means goodbye in French.

Revoir

Sailors suffered from this disease, lack of Vit C.

Scurvy

A participant in game played in an alley.

Bowler

Premeditated unlawful action of killing someone.

Murder

The Baltic States are Estonia, Lithuania and __.

Latvia

Swiss chemist who invented an updated oil lamp.

Argand

__ reviver, a mix strong enough to raise the dead.

Corpse

Storage for pirate plunder.

Chests

Where something begins.

Origin

Japanese religion honors natural world deities.

Shinto

Shoe that needs to be tied.

Lace up

Cell created when a sperm fertilizes an egg.

Zygote

Last name of the Count of Monte Cristo.

Dantes

Puzzle 5 Answers

Mental state of insecurity, anxiety.

Neurosis

__ pudding, sieved jam with flaky pastry.

Bakewell

National capital of Australia.

Canberra

To pretend to be sick to avoid doing work.

Malinger

Device that can be used without connecting cord.

Wireless

__ furniture: chests, chairs used by the military.

Campaign

US battles to end slavery, 1861-1865.

Civil war

Ballet about a toymaker.

Coppelia

David, who played Mulder in The X-Files.

Duchovny

__ board, peg table of compass points and holes.

Traverse

Largest of the United Arab Emirates.

Abu dhabi

“Great voice” pioneer of video game consoles.

Magnavox

The furthest flight routes and destinations.

Long haul

Save your place.

Bookmark

__ rate, the value of one currency against another.

Exchange

Group 256

Puzzle 1 Answers

Die __ is a German strategy board game from 1986.

Macher

First country to issue a Christmas stamp.

Canada

having a lighthearted temperament; merry.

Jocund

US boxer Sonny, world heavyweight champ in 1960s.

Liston

Honeycombed mushrooms.

Morels

Made a mess with a simple dress, Miss __ Lewinski.

Monica

Small canine.

Lap dog

Chosen weapon of fictional aliens.

Ray gun

The alternative verdict to innocent.

Guilty

Danish short film about a hospital friendship.

Helium

A piece of news intentionally false.

Canard

Gold __, someone who marries for money.

Digger

Puzzle 2 Answers

First king of Norway after dissolution of the union.

Haakon vii

Luxury Swiss watch brand, used by aviators.

Breitling

Cordial made from orange juice and sugar.

Orangeade

House that once reigned in Game of Thrones.

Targaryen

“Ugly” Danish toy, found under bridges?.

Troll doll

Bin for decaying food/garden waste.

Composter

Ms Hill and Messrs Jean and Michel comprise?.

The fugees

Large marsupial with pointed nose and large ears.

Bandicoot

Viennese building and Jugendstil art movement.

Secession

Rust is a form of this chemical compound.

Iron oxide

It means “spring” in Spanish.

Primavera

Icewind Dale PC game by __ Studios.

Blackisle

Puzzle 3 Answers

Riding of air currents (not flying or levitation).

Gliding

Actively look for people to hire.

Recruit

Uphill stretches of the Tour de France race.

Ascents

To have authority over a military unit.

Command

__ Bomb, Red Bull cocktail named after candy.

Skittle

Far from close or near.

Distant

__ at Bernie’s, 1989 US dark comedy.

Weekend

Author of “The Day of the Jackal”, Frederick __.

Forsyth

Burj __, Dubai skyscraper, tallest in the world.

Khalifa

Spiders make lots of these in autumn gardens.

Cobwebs

__ To My Life, Simple Plan song.

Welcome

The best things in life __.

Are free

Roman senator, lead among those who stabbed Caesar.

Cassius

Puzzle 4 Answers

Thirstquencher of a Caribbean party sharing drink.

Rum punch

Wellington’s nickname.

Iron duke

No news is __.

Good news

Little Miss__, it shows a trip and a beauty pageant.

Sunshine

__ Cry, sports warcry to motivate team.

Rallying

__ grise, exerts power without official position.

Eminence

North-east Indian state whose capital is Kohima.

Nagaland

Showing extreme expression of emotion; emphatic.

Vehement

Britain’s largest train station.

Waterloo

Process also known as hydraulic fracturing.

Fracking

Youngster aboard ship.

Cabin boy

Match at which people abuse each other verbally.

Slanging

Name of 16 popes, inc the former Pope Emeritus.

Benedict

Elevation that rises from the ocean floor.

Seamount

The apparent change in position of an object.

Parallax

Large N American amphibian known for noisy croak.

Bullfrog

Sits on the tongue and identifies sweet and sour.

Taste bud

Sir Edwin, sculptor of Trafalgar Square lions.

Landseer

French family of deep-sea explorers.

Cousteau

Robin __, Mork & Mindy star.

Williams

Best position to put someone unconscious in.

Recovery

Li’l Abner’s hometown.

Dogpatch

The amount of labor a person has to do.

Workload

Puzzle 5 Answers

Underwater pursuit popular with Red Sea tourists.

Diving

John Maynard __, demand-side economist.

Keynes

Jack Nicholson’s character in “As Good as it Gets”.

Melvin

Mole-like animals often confused with mice.

Shrews

Unbearable provocation.

Red rag

Food closet.

Pantry

Thin layer, like wood on a coffee table.

Veneer

Copy someone’s ways mockingly.

Send up

French term for served on ice.

Frappe

Metals made of two or more elements, e.g. bronze.

Alloys

Nepalese knife, weapon, tool, ceremonies.

Khukri

TV show centered around the Ewings.

Dallas

Strauss opera and daughter of Herod.

Salome

Spirit of tragic drama.

Buskin

Poles apart from being neat.

Untidy

Group 257

Puzzle 1 Answers

More explosive than bullets of same caliber.

Magnum

Solar __, flashes of brightness on Sun’s surface.

Flares

Walter __, director of The Motorcycle Diaries.

Salles

Paul McCartney’s fashion designer daughter.

Stella

__ Le Pen, was French National Front head (female).

Marine

Picturesque Thai island loved by backpackers.

Phi phi

French “Incredible Sulk” footballer, Nicolas __.

Anelka

Islam worship site.

Mosque

Greek god of the sun, light, music, and healing.

Apollo

Prodigious individual with autism.

Savant

Caffeinated drink also popular ice cream flavor.

Coffee

Common caiman species found in South America.

Yacaré

Mark Twain created The Adventures of Tom __.

Sawyer

Non-stop; without interruptions.

Direct

Harass with small persistent acts.

Pester

Roman politician assassinated Caesar, Et tu?.

Brutus

To steer a ship into shallower waters.

Careen

Puzzle 2 Answers

1961 Ben E. King’s hit song.

Stand by me

Picturesque volcanic peak in Japan.

Mount fuji

Aussie town in Northern Territory with female name.

Katherine

Citric dessert spread used as topping.

Fruit curd

Signals and communication using flags.

Semaphore

Hemline well above the knee.

Mini skirt

Agriculturalist who rears pork.

Pig farmer

Romantic tale.

Love story

MMS, multimedia __ service.

Messaging

Spinal bones.

Vertebrae

Collectible objects to do with warfare.

Militaria

Something totally unexpected or out of the blue.

Curve ball

St Paul’s epistle to the people of Galatia.

Galatians

Evonne __, leading Aussie tennis player in the 70s.

Goolagong

Puzzle 3 Answers

To stay away from others without having any contact.

Isolate

Do it while the sun shines.

Make hay

__, Row the Boat Ashore, slave spiritual.

Michael

__ Burgess, English writer and composer.

Anthony

Universal __, theme parks in Florida and Japan.

Studios

Gives his name to industrial framebreakers.

Ned ludd

__ are masters of the Light Side in Star Wars.

The jedi

Vietnamese mooncake.

Banh pia

Person who moves in the water professionally.

Swimmer

Card game with variants Callabra and Papillon.

Cassino

__ harvester, large machine that threshes grain.

Combine

French car brand whose badge features a lozenge.

Renault

Gulf name, aka Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Iran.

Persian

The night of this present day.

Tonight

Study of animals.

Zoology

Corpus __, feast on Thursday after Trinity Sunday.

Christi

TV series about the world’s most famous vampire.

Dracula

Engraver of Beer Street and Gin Alley.

Hogarth

Puzzle 4 Answers

Buoyant jacket.

Life vest

Largest land mammal hunted for its ivory tusks.

Elephant

Hazardous coating on road surfaces in winter.

Black ice

Gaudí’s “stone quarry” building in Barcelona.

Casa mila

White goods brand, famous for washing machines.

Hotpoint

Country noted for its Ajiaco stew.

Colombia

Popular amusement park chain with banners.

Six flags

Former French president with Dutch-sounding name.

Hollande

Box containing cerebral board game.

Chess set

Dust form of volcanic rock.

Pumicite

Guards the entrance to Hades in Greek mythology.

Cerberus

Tomaso __, Vivaldi contemporary, Italian composer.

Albinoni

Weblog publishing site; diary “dot” com.

Blogspot

Robin __, actor of Mrs. Doubtfire.

Williams

Jelena __, former Serbian no. 1 tennis player.

Jankovic

Money workers claim back, e.g. snacks for meetings.

Expenses

Chief cook.

Head chef

__ Silver, quartermaster under Captain Flint.

Long john

Diplomat and chief weapons inspector over Iraq.

Hans blix

Predominant religion of Thailand.

Buddhism

Irregular in frequency.

Sporadic

Egyptian Red Sea resort popular with divers.

Hurghada

Russian rocket pioneer responsible for Sputnik I.

Korolyov

Puzzle 5 Answers

__ Acar, Turkish artist.

Ismail

__ Airways, second-largest airline of the UAE.

Etihad

Roman counterpart of Hypnos, Greek god of sleep.

Somnus

__ red, pH indicator in labs.

Phenol

Music-themed, 1920s perfume created by Lanvin.

Arpege

Scientist Isaac, first to observe laws of motion.

Newton

Buddhism’s four noble __.

Truths

Took someone’s possessions by force.

Robbed

Kept afloat.

Buoyed

Picturesque waterfall between Brazil and Argentina.

Iguacu

Ancient curved sword of Indian subcontinent.

Talwar

Burj __, towering sailing boat hotel in Dubai.

Al arab

List of acts.

Lineup

Blockage, standstill.

Logjam

Grain-eating beetle.

Weevil

Director of the 1996 sci-fi comedy Mars Attacks.

Burton

Job of Robin Starveling, a Shakespeare’s Mechanical.

Tailor

Fruit with the outer skin layer removed.

Peeled

Group 258

Puzzle 1 Answers

Pins on the bottom of track runners’ shoes.

Spikes

2000 US presidential candidate and eco warrior.

Al gore

By no means unknown.

Famous

“Mighty oaks from little __ grow”.

Acorns

Wrote Hound Dog with partner Stoller.

Leiber

The Coathanger’s and Opera House’s home city.

Sydney

Deficiency in red blood cell production.

Anemia

Branching tube sponges are usually a __ color.

Yellow

African lake also called Lake Nyasa.

Malawi

Pretzel-like deep fried maida flour.

Jalebi

SI derived unit of pressure named after physicist.

Pascal

Religious woman who heads a convent.

Abbess

WWII U.S. Navy leader, Fleet Admiral Chester W __.

Nimitz

Blanche __, A Streetcar Named Desire’s lead.

Dubois

Time to get the __ jumpers and scarves out.

Woolly

Unrealistically high price for certain assets.

Bubble

__ Board, large paper used for science projects.

Poster

Puzzle 2 Answers

These require you to clean hearth and grate after.

Open fires

Crusty arthropods that cover rocks.

Barnacles

Music group associated with collieries.

Brass band

An island-city state.

Singapore

Spanish name of precious green stone.

Esmeralda

Phantom vessel with no signs of life.

Ghost ship

Devoid of freedom or liberty.

Captivity

Cooked by being submerged in hot oil.

Deep fried

Furniture for playing bridge.

Card table

Neolithic settlement on the Bay of Skaill.

Skara brae

Invented the zoopraxiscope; first motion pictures.

Muybridge

Istanbul in ancient times.

Byzantium

On 1 December, __ Day, people wear a red ribbon.

World aids

Artificial waterway links the Elbe to the Baltic.

Kiel canal

Dan Aykroyd plays the father of this alien family.

Coneheads

Vast mass of comets 50-100,000 AU from the sun.

Oort cloud

Puzzle 3 Answers

Bang & __, Danish audio-visual company.

Olufsen

Fish that when red is a misleading clue.

Herring

The speed of sound.

Mach one

Someone who comes from the Ivory Coast.

Ivorian

Place where your vehicle gets cleaned up.

Carwash

The __ of King George, royal mental health film.

Madness

One who rejects the accepted explanation to facts.

Troofer

Large fire built for celebration, entertainment.

Bonfire

__ Patch Kids, unattractive soft toys of the 1980s.

Cabbage

__ Flynn, her thriller novels portray mad women.

Gillian

Type of crumpet, pancake in Oceania.

Pikelet

Composer of La Mer, Claude __.

Debussy

Puzzle 4 Answers

Some people need a big cup of this in the morning.

Coffee

In some places, the kids go back to __ in autumn.

School

Card game, deck has no twos to sixes.

Piquet

Machu __, citadel of the Incas in the Andes.

Picchu

Robert __, former leader of Zimbabwe.

Mugabe

Flying island in Gulliver’s Travels.

Laputa

Evil dwarf.

Goblin

RBI: Run __ In.

Batted

In music, instruction to repeat from the beginning.

Da capo

Fort __, New Mexico: where Billy the Kid was shot.

Sumner

On the way, arriving, approaching.

Coming

Force __, barriers against evil.

Fields

Latin football fixture list term meaning against.

Versus

Cause of laughter.

Tickle

European city that’s home to St. Vitus Cathedral.

Prague

Protein; helps chemical reactions in living things.

Enzyme

Puzzle 5 Answers

First disease for which a vaccine was invented.

Smallpox

__ clock, another name for a grandfather clock.

Longcase

Working of bread dough to strengthen gluten.

Kneading

To remain local rather than holidaying abroad.

Staycate

Seth MacFarlane created __ Dad.

American

Sixth son of Jacob, his mother was Bilhah.

Naphtali

__ bodily harm, crime causing great pain.

Grievous

Takes his or her clothes off to music for a living.

Stripper

Bicycles riding one behind the other in cycling.

Drafting

Making a societal debut.

Debutant

Loom-fitting and the patterned fabric made on it.

Jacquard

The Roosevelt who displayed a teddy bear.

Theodore

__ Bank, water extension of Yucatan Peninsula.

Campeche

Horse with brown and white patches.

Skewbald

David __, author of Cloud Atlas.

Mitchell

In good spirits, merry.

Cheerful

Male singing voice between tenor and bass.

Baritone

Transatlantic air service created by Freddie Laker.

Skytrain

Group 259

Puzzle 1 Answers

Capital of New Caledonia.

Noumea

Lee who played The Six Million Dollar Man.

Majors

Quiet and decorous.

Demure

__ Film Festival, Golden Bear Award.

Berlin

__ vest, beachware according to saucy postcards.

String

Australian city hosting the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Sydney

Classic pie made with tart, not sweet berries.

Cherry

First English poet laureate, Benjamin __.

Jonson

Forerunner to the U.N., __ of Nations.

League

Straight-line conjunction of Sun, Earth and Moon.

Syzygy

Ran for the door; fastened.

Bolted

Puzzle 2 Answers

North Sea wetland area with rich biodiversity.

Wadden sea

“Karma Police” band.

Radiohead

A woman who stays at home to care for the children.

Housewife

Greek king murdered by wife Clytemnestra.

Agamemnon

Prejudicial system abolished in S. Africa by 1991.

Apartheid

Gin-based cocktail at the Raffles Hotel: __ Sling.

Singapore

Director of Gallipoli and Picnic at Hanging Rock.

Peter weir

Russian tennis no. 1 Maria __.

Sharapova

__ gains, dishonestly obtained goods.

Ill gotten

Not permanent.

Temporary

Puzzle 3 Answers

Johann __ II, wrote Blue Danube.

Strauss

A bird in the hand is worth two in __.

The bush

Ivory tower.

Retreat

Brushed cotton fabric used on shirts/PJs.

Flannel

A form or variant of a type or original.

Version

North German city and port on the River Alster.

Hamburg

Clear, reflective material.

Crystal

Eyelet of hard material covering a hole.

Grommet

Non-religious, not affiliated to a church.

Secular

Boat to overturn, bottom up.

Capsize

Something given without charge.

Freebie

Randy Johnson’s nickname, The __.

Big unit

In German legend, he pulled a sword from a tree.

Sigmund

Puzzle 4 Answers

Lindsay __, former US no. 1 tennis player.

Davenport

Safe room for storing cash.

Bank vault

Verdi opera from a play by Friedrich Schiller.

Don carlos

A device that sprays water.

Sprinkler

Scientific study of ancient inscriptions.

Epigraphy

Nigerian extremists blamed for mass abductions.

Boko haram

Speech sounds are the focus of this science.

Phonology

Space Hulk is a game set in the __ universe.

Warhammer

__ Network, first 24 news network.

Cable news

Decision requiring no thought.

No brainer

Paper currency of the US during American Civil War.

Greenback

Concrete bridge, the design for many road bridges.

Box girder

Vodka and cranberry makes a marine wind.

Seabreeze

Brandon __, known for his Mistborn series.

Sanderson

Puzzle 5 Answers

Destroying.

Wrecking

Niccolò __, violinist composer of Caprices.

Paganini

One who is tall and thin.

Beanpole

Estadio Atanasio __, Medellin, Colombia.

Girardot

Large thin crepe, zampanelle.

Borlengo

Cotton fabric with soft pile, like chamois.

Moleskin

Italian poet of Canzoniere (Songbook).

Petrarch

Japanese city terror, silverscreen success.

Godzilla

British war artist famous for the Menin Road.

Paul nash

Buzz Lightyear and other playthings come to life.

Toy story

Epidemic disease spread across a large region.

Pandemic

Person from the country whose capital is Gaborone.

Motswana

Largest of the American frogs.

Bullfrog

Jomo __, Nairobi’s international airport.

Kenyatta

Second Roman emperor; Captain Kirk’s middle name.

Tiberius

The first of its kind.

Original

Group 260

Puzzle 1 Answers

__ Kai-Shek, led the KMT government on Taiwan.

Chiang

John P. __, US banker with a company in his name.

Morgan

When a player’s cards are exposed for all to see.

Ouvert

__ Lindgren, Swedish author of Pippi Longstocking.

Astrid

__ Washington, Oscar winner for Training Day.

Denzel

Nickname for Canadian $1 coin.

Loonie

__ iron, hinged metal device to bake pancake mix.

Waffle

John __, Zimbabwean Test and ODI cricketer.

Rennie

Prince in Mozart’s opera, The Magic Flute.

Tamino

Another name for vitamin B3.

Niacin

__ Bung Karno Stadium, Indonesia’s biggest.

Gelora

Grass family cereal grain.

Barley

Harm caused.

Damage

Class.

Lesson

Anagram of fibers.

Briefs

The projecting jaws and nose of an animal.

Muzzle

Synagogue assistant, shamash.

Gabbai

Curriculum vitae.

Resume

Feast of the Seven __.

Fishes

Slang for money in South Africa.

Boodle

Puzzle 2 Answers

When it feels colder because of the breeze.

Windchill

Grilling (often with a panel) before getting a job.

Interview

Pienza sheep cheese.

Marzolino

Belle of the ball at school party.

Prom queen

__ O’Neal, former US basketball player.

Shaquille

__ Mountain, most Oscar nominated film in 2006.

Brokeback

Character who is decidedly ungainly.

Quasimodo

Los __, Peruvian site of Cloud Alien People.

Pinchodos

Palazzo del __, residence of the Italian president.

Quirinale

French chemist, outlined the theory of combustion.

Lavoisier

US inventor, developed a steamboat in 1786.

John fitch

Slobodan __, Serbian prosecuted for war crimes.

Milosevic

You can’t make a __ out of a sow’s ear.

Silk purse

Weather system bringing low temperatures.

Cold front

Puzzle 3 Answers

Garments.

Clothes

To break up, dissolve, disperse.

Disband

Science of the hypothetical mystical force of od.

Odology

Sergei __, Russian astronautical engineer.

Korolev

Nomadic Middle Eastern people.

Bedouin

Documentary about the dolphin hunting in Japan.

The cove

Japanese city, venue of the 1972 Winter Olympics.

Sapporo

Long nerve running down the back of the leg.

Sciatic

Tiny, imaginary creatures.

Fairies

__ camps, single-site family summer attractions.

Holiday

Amount paid for retirement after serving.

Pension

Puzzle 4 Answers

Tim __, Left Behind author.

Lahaye

Unique and unrepeatable.

One off

Italian grape brandy.

Grappa

To increase the ticket price.

Mark up

This force is deadly.

Lethal

The capital of Comoros.

Moroni

Dublin’s river, crossed by Ha’penny Bridge.

Liffey

Commonly known as maru, deer horn weapon.

Maduvu

Primary color that mixed with blue makes green.

Yellow

__ wrap, parcel packaging filled with air.

Bubble

Grass and earth thrown up after a golf stroke.

Divots

5th cup of Passover Seder wine intended recipient.

Elijah

Time spent outdoors on a blanket with food.

Picnic

Notorious French serial killer, Henri __.

Landru

His comet returns to Earth every 76 years.

Halley

Puzzle 5 Answers

Made a formal declaration.

Affirmed

The Blues __, 1980 American musical crime comedy.

Brothers

Herman __, writer of the American Renaissance.

Melville

Greater or Lesser, Caribbean archipelago.

Antilles

Lower leg tendon, also known as the heel cord.

Achilles

Don’t put the cart before __.

The horse

Cookie made of egg, sugar and almonds or coconut.

Macaroon

To arrange objects or items in categories.

Classify

German V2 rocket engineer and space pioneer.

Von braun

Hijacker of Boeing 727 who vanished in 1971.

Db cooper

Homer’s goody-two-shoes neighbor.

Flanders

Blue club __ are a type of sea squirt.

Tunicate

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