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Group 461

Puzzle 1 Answers

A deep round dish for broth

Soupbowl

Egg whites and sugar dessert cooked at low temps

Meringue

Graphic display of events in chronological order

Timeline

Items to wear

Garments

Noisy white birds found on beaches or coastlines

Seagulls

Reading something quickly

Skimming

Shopper in a store

Customer

State of being smaller in size or contracted

Shrunken

Substance used to make a chemical reaction faster

Catalyst

Successful singer or song-writer of popular music

Hitmaker

Those who watch a show or play

Audience

To try out for a part in a movie

Audition

Puzzle 2 Answers

Containers used to feed babies milk

Bottles

Creature with eagle head and lion body

Griffin

Lady’s hairdo that looks like an insect’s home

Beehive

Lending a hand

Helping

Made an estimate about how large a number is

Guessed

Not employed

Jobless

Ocean where Hawaii is located

Pacific

Only a small piece of a big problem: tip of the __

Iceberg

Standing yoga pose, or a soldier

Warrior

These are used to feed babies milk

Bottles

What many water bottles are made out of

Plastic

Word with the same meaning as another word

Synonym

__ beans, Mexican or Tex-Mex staple

Refried

Puzzle 3 Answers

80s New Wave band fronted by Debbie Harry

Blondie

A stop between flights before the next journey

Layover

An exact copy of something

Replica

Canine competition

Dog show

Citrus fruits that make up part of a mimosa

Oranges

Dark green crispy stuff wrapped around sushi

Seaweed

Exhibition space

Gallery

Japanese warrior

Samurai

Las Vegas and Monte Carlo have many of these

Casinos

Mountaineer

Climber

They extract liquid from fruits and vegetables

Juicers

They help you see better

Glasses

__ City, fictional city in the Land of Oz

Emerald

Puzzle 4 Answers

A female sibling

Sister

Earthquake rumble

Tremor

Eat voraciously, gobble up

Devour

Famous river that flows through London

Thames

Human soul, mind or spirit

Psyche

One who corrects and revises text for publication

Editor

Overseas

Abroad

The book from which actors learn their lines

Script

This Beatle imagined a hypothetical world

Lennon

You need one to get into a concert

Ticket

Puzzle 5 Answers

A place where a person lives

Residence

A system of parts working together in a machine

Mechanism

Gather and keep supplies in case of emergency

Stockpile

Gentle melodies to send babies to sleep

Lullabies

He could turn the things he touched into gold

King midas

Long-distance running races

Marathons

Made someone feel better

Comforted

Periodical such as The Guardian, New York Times

Newspaper

Protective outer layer of the skin

Epidermis

Small, rocky space objects that orbit the sun

Asteroids

Group 462

Puzzle 1 Answers

“Deck the halls with __ of holly”; tree branches

Boughs

1939 film starring Judy Garland: “The __ of Oz”

Wizard

A hypothesis

Theory

A panda’s preferred food

Bamboo

Admit into a club

Induct

Admit into an organization or club

Induct

Concedes permission

Grants

Delicate and neat

Dainty

E-book reader from Amazon

Kindle

Headgear, protects against solar rays

Sun hat

Journey to far-away places

Travel

Jumping into the water with minimal splash

Diving

Kingdom of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Narnia

Medical term for a nonmalignant tumor

Benign

Nearly

Almost

People who star in movies and plays

Actors

Underground hole that a rabbit lives in

Burrow

Puzzle 2 Answers

Images taken with the front-facing camera

Selfies

Indignation and anger

Outrage

Movie about a romance on an ill-fated ship

Titanic

Natural indents in a person’s cheeks

Dimples

Run around playfully like young kids or dogs

Scamper

Salty lake in the Middle East with no life

Dead sea

Shrivels and dries, like a plant

Withers

The Vitruvian Man was drawn by him

Da vinci

To go down a mountain

Descend

Worshipper who travels to a sacred place

Pilgrim

Puzzle 3 Answers

Against

Opposed

Another name for the breastbone

Sternum

First part of Dante Alighieri’s long poem

Inferno

It is pulled to open a parachute

Ripcord

Lights a fire, starts something burning

Ignites

Pet rodents that burrow in soil

Gerbils

Popular music streaming app with green logo

Spotify

Scale for measuring the magnitude of earthquakes

Richter

Small piece; scrap; fragment

Snippet

The falls located on the border of NY and Canada

Niagara

They make up bouquets

Flowers

What the female feline super hero wears

Catsuit

Whisky and gin, or ghosts

Spirits

__ Impossible series with Tom Cruise

Mission

Puzzle 4 Answers

A graphic representation of a story

Pictorial

Billowing symbol of surrender

White flag

Chamber of the heart, left or right

Ventricle

First rule, do not talk about this film title

Fight club

Fungi

Mushrooms

Ornamental objects used to hold a sleeve closed

Cufflinks

Piece of plastic you pay with (not credit)

Debit card

Pigs that aren’t domesticated

Wild boars

Rose to fame as the lead singer of The Supremes

Diana ross

Terrified, or turned to stone

Petrified

Tethered journey outside a craft by an astronaut

Spacewalk

To rise and fall with no regular pattern

Fluctuate

Puzzle 5 Answers

Black liquid that comes from a sea creature

Squid ink

Editing a photo by cutting down the sides

Cropping

Entered where not welcome

Intruded

Gin or vodka cocktails made with vermouth

Martinis

In close friendship; intimate

Familiar

Making educated assumptions

Guessing

Male building owner who rents out spaces to others

Landlord

Official procedure or system of rules

Protocol

Purposeful omission of information; crossing out

Deletion

Social media platform by Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook

Someone subject to ridicule: “__ stock”

Laughing

Time zone that covers the Rockies in the US/Canada

Mountain

Group 463

Puzzle 1 Answers

“Oh, the weather outside is ” Let it Snow lyrics

Frightful

Actor who played Luther, Stringer Bell in The Wire

Idris elba

Ancient Roman road leading from Rome to Brindisi

Appian way

Bittersweet jam made from oranges

Marmalade

E.T. desperately wants to do this

Phone home

Famous U.S. military academy located in New York

West point

Large white and furry inhabitant of the Arctic

Polar bear

Obsessive supporters

Superfans

Rough, noisy, playful behavior

Horseplay

Rough, noisy, playful fun

Horseplay

Stiff paper material that boxes are made out of

Cardboard

Walking exercise machine

Treadmill

Puzzle 2 Answers

A person depicted in a novel or a play

Character

Clock or watch to measure minutes, hours, etc.

Timepiece

Demeaning, cheapening

Degrading

Edible marine animals like crab or prawns

Shellfish

Love, fondness, liking, care

Affection

Professional who selects and serves wine

Sommelier

Relating to plants

Botanical

Skill of managing international relations

Diplomacy

Spikey-topped yellow fruit

Pineapple

The way in which a person lives

Lifestyle

Thin pasta served with meatballs

Spaghetti

Wookiee from Star Wars

Chewbacca

Housewives, the lives of Wisteria Lane’s ladies

Desperate

Puzzle 3 Answers

Accept; surrender

Concede

Canoe propellers

Paddles

Dishonest; like many politicians

Corrupt

Getting stuck in this after leaving work is no fun

Traffic

Kate Middleton is one

Duchess

Keep safe and sound, watch over

Protect

Media provider that originated The Crown

Netflix

Shakespearean play that includes a witches’ spell

Macbeth

They are the “walking dead”

Zombies

Yo-Yo Ma is a famous one

Cellist

__ and sniff, an odorous surface

Scratch

Puzzle 4 Answers

Band of thin fabric worn tightly on the neck

Choker

Capital of Colombia

Bogota

Kids nursery rhyme: The Itsy Bitsy __

Spider

Military exercises

Drills

Optical glass discs

Lenses

Said of a fruit that has gone bad

Rotten

Small, green fruits that go in martinis

Olives

Sweet and old-fashioned; charming

Quaint

The types of doves in The 12 Days of Christmas

Turtle

You tend to this just outside your home

Garden

Puzzle 5 Answers

1970s-style shoes with thick soles

Platform

Band known for their songs “Yellow” and “Fix You”

Coldplay

Conceited, with extreme sense of self-importance

Arrogant

Italian cheese grated on pasta dishes

Parmesan

Lessons that teach you how to tread water

Swimming

Mary Mary Quite __, How Does Your Garden Grow?

Contrary

Park City, Utah film festival

Sundance

Something that causes inconvenience or annoyance

Nuisance

Table game with rectangular dotted tiles

Dominoes

To look after a residence while its owner is away

Housesit

Wood-eating pests that live in colonies

Termites

Group 464

Puzzle 1 Answers

A strong dislike

Aversion

Advocacy of women’s rights based on equality

Feminism

Apples becoming juicier and sweeter, ready to eat

Ripening

Big wild cats with spotted fur

Leopards

Careful, guarded, circumspect

Cautious

Ceremonies held to bury the departed

Funerals

Country directly to the west of Spain

Portugal

His enemy was Captain Hook

Peter pan

Sarah __, the Duchess of York

Ferguson

Searching for food in the wild

Foraging

Tips over in a boat

Capsizes

Puzzle 2 Answers

Checks and __, a theory of government

Balances

Cleaning with a broom

Sweeping

Evita the musical was about this first lady

Eva peron

Fast, short-distance runner

Sprinter

Followed an order

Complied

Grateful; expressing gratitude

Thankful

Head coverings for hygiene when handling food

Hairnets

His heel was his only weak spot

Achilles

Long stiff hairs on cats’ faces

Whiskers

Pasta beloved with a cheese sauce

Macaroni

Performed by both a mailman and midwife

Delivery

The writer of the words of a song

Lyricist

Third largest religion in the world

Hinduism

Unpleasant physical effects from drinking too much

Hangover

You type on this

Keyboard

Puzzle 3 Answers

Bette __; US Beaches actress and singer

Midler

Famous Rough Collie on TV; Scottish term for girl

Lassie

Grid puzzle for digits 1 through 9

Sudoku

Informal photo, taken without the subject knowing

Candid

Large organized group of singers

Chorus

Long sticks some circus performers walk on

Stilts

Mended a wound

Healed

Paulo __, novelist most famous for The Alchemist

Coelho

Special dog food bits given as rewards

Treats

They are the people invited to a party

Guests

What balloons are filled with

Helium

Puzzle 4 Answers

Delicate

Fragile

Department store customer

Shopper

Lead singer of Queen: Freddie __

Mercury

Morally sound

Ethical

Paul Michael Glaser’s character, partner of Hutch

Starsky

Permits that protect the rights of inventors

Patents

Pigs find this underground; also a chocolate

Truffle

Venue used for outdoor sports

Stadium

Wealth or luck

Fortune

What a canine eats its dinner out of

Dog bowl

__ Todd, Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney

__ stars, streaks of light from meteors

Falling

Puzzle 5 Answers

A mythological, magical or folklore story

Fairy tale

Director of the movie The Birds

Hitchcock

Holding something very tightly

Squeezing

Inverted gymnastics position using the cranium

Headstand

Maze

Labyrinth

Minneapolis and Saint Paul are in this state

Minnesota

Not uptight

Easy going

Not uptight, laid back

Easy going

People who were ruled by pharaohs

Egyptians

Photo-sharing app owned by Facebook

Instagram

Study of your family tree

Genealogy

Substance, like caffeine, which gives you energy

Stimulant

Sunken remains of a vessel

Shipwreck

Supervisor of a young woman in a social situation

Chaperone

This gelatinous sea creature stings

Jellyfish

Very detailed or complicated

Intricate

Group 465

Puzzle 1 Answers

A specialist in a particular branch of study

Scholar

Alternatives, choices

Options

Becomes thinner

Narrows

Cooked under heat

Grilled

Eager to find something out, like a cat maybe

Curious

Element with the chemical symbol Li

Lithium

It usually comes after a lightning strike

Thunder

Money storage items

Wallets

Siddhartha __, the Buddha

Gautama

Superhero, punisher; anagram of engrave

Avenger

This writer penned A Christmas Carol

Dickens

Those who use cigarettes and cigars

Smokers

Puzzle 2 Answers

A homeless canine

Stray dog

An actual place; a site

Location

Covert activities of a government agency

Black ops

Female lead in A Star is Born

Lady gaga

Guilty people

Culprits

Hissy fits

Tantrums

In very poor condition; in a state of neglect

Derelict

Unable to defend oneself

Helpless

Very dark, concentrated and strong vinegar

Balsamic

__ star, meteoric sky flyer

Shooting

Puzzle 3 Answers

Capital and largest city of Nova Scotia

Halifax

Country where the soup known as pho originated

Vietnam

Earth that is immediately beneath the surface

Subsoil

Japanese paper-folding art form

Origami

Join together, like two pieces of a puzzle

Connect

Least agitated

Calmest

Made spices into dust with a pestle and mortar

Pounded

More quickly

Swifter

Organized search for a criminal

Manhunt

Pummelled

Pounded

Scale of temperature on which water freezes at 0°

Celsius

Spiritualist gatherings aiming to contact the dead

Seances

Structured search for a male criminal

Manhunt

TV show: takes certain characters from an original

Spinoff

Tony Stark

Ironman

Women’s shirts

Blouses

__ Crescent, area of West Asia where farming began

Fertile

Puzzle 4 Answers

Aquatic reptile with a hard shell

Turtle

Bring the memory of a past event to mind

Recall

Casual chatty conversation with malicious slant

Gossip

Colour of the submarine the Beatles sang about

Yellow

Damaged, no longer functioning

Broken

Element with symbol is Na

Sodium

Friendly ghost of children’s films

Casper

Hot, green Japanese paste served with sushi

Wasabi

Lily of the __, bloom linked to May in flower lore

Valley

Machines that can be operated by remote controls

Robots

Serena Williams’ sport

Tennis

Solid and bulky, like a heavy knit

Chunky

Theologian Martin Luther’s nationality

German

Tune, song; a girl’s name

Melody

Using only gestures to act something out

Miming

Where a king might live

Castle

Puzzle 5 Answers

A type of aquatic flower found in lakes or ponds

Waterlily

Ball of ice that falls from the sky like rain

Hailstone

Channing Tatum shows off his dancing in this movie

Magic mike

Country where Pope Francis was born

Argentina

Dangerously loud; ear-splitting

Deafening

Evil nemesis of Kai and Gerda in Andersen’s tale

Snow queen

Handbag item for burnishing tresses

Hairbrush

High peaks

Mountains

Not always

Sometimes

People who travel to work in the city

Commuters

Self-assured and bold, assertive

Confident

The one who directs an orchestra

Conductor

Group 466

Puzzle 1 Answers

Ended, completed, terminated

Finished

Garment often worn before or after a shower

Bathrobe

Green vegetable that resembles small trees

Broccoli

It flows down from your eye when you’re sad

Teardrop

Italian who carves the puppet Pinocchio

Geppetto

Kuala Lumpur is the capital of this country

Malaysia

Running order of music tracks to be broadcast

Playlist

Scientist who developed the theory of relativity

Einstein

Strays from the path

Deviates

The process of throwing away something

Disposal

They’re good for holding bubbles and for relaxing

Bathtubs

Weight loss activity that requires physical effort

Exercise

Puzzle 2 Answers

Accepting an offering

Taking

Curved features on a building

Arches

Futuristic comedy; South American country

Brazil

Grassy land for grazing livestock

Meadow

Meryl __; plays Donna in Mamma Mia!

Streep

Questionnaire

Survey

Substance in grains and wheat, some are allergic

Gluten

Supernatural, mystical, or magical practices

Occult

The month of August in Spanish

Agosto

The red birthstones for July

Rubies

Travel voucher

Ticket

Puzzle 3 Answers

Circular routes; loops

Circuits

Climate that is hot and humid, like in Bora Bora

Tropical

Exemption from punishment

Impunity

Greek god of the sea

Poseidon

Often stubbed, can be painted

Toenails

Publication of events from the previous 12 months

Yearbook

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was one of these mammals

Mongoose

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was one of these rodents

Mongoose

Slick jacket worn to repel water

Raincoat

Table container for wine

Decanter

Warning someone about a danger

Alerting

Puzzle 4 Answers

Baseball hit that lets you round all the bases

Homerun

Combination of musical notes pleasing to the ears

Harmony

Famous singer married to Jay-Z

Beyonce

Famous singer with a hit album titled Lemonade

Beyonce

Left behind by spiders

Cobwebs

Left without sufficient nutrition

Starved

Look closely at something to check it’s ok

Inspect

Move in a circle on a central axis

Revolve

One with a heated skull and rash temper

Hothead

Oprah __, TV host and supporter of women’s rights

Winfrey

Period when day and night are of equal length

Equinox

Smallest planet in the Solar System

Mercury

Tapering stone pillar such as Cleopatra’s Needle

Obelisk

The violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd

Rioting

They take astronauts into outer space

Rockets

Weekly gambling game with numbered tickets

Lottery

Puzzle 5 Answers

All living homo sapiens, both male and female

Humankind

Aquatic animal considered the largest on Earth

Blue whale

Beatles album with zebra crossing on cover

Abbey road

Body of water between Alaska and eastern Russia

Bering sea

Customer-facing person in a financial institution

Bank clerk

Nine is the square root of this number

Eighty one

Scientific study of the universe

Astronomy

Street vehicle that sells meals

Food truck

Treasure sought after by Indiana Jones

Holy grail

Wealth; the state of having a lot of money

Affluence

Group 467

Puzzle 1 Answers

Bow-and-arrow sport

Archery

Car, bus or truck

Vehicle

Chilli pepper spice powder used on deviled eggs

Cayenne

Engrossed, absorbed

Riveted

Figures made from icy precipitation

Snowmen

Hot pepper spice powder

Cayenne

Kitchen appliance for making smoothies

Blender

Occasional and varied employment opportunities

Odd jobs

One-eyed mythical giant

Cyclops

Scorn, contempt

Disdain

The guilty or not guilty decision by a jury

Verdict

Winged angels that look like children

Cherubs

Puzzle 2 Answers

Closeness, nearness, vicinity

Proximity

Composer of the Emperor Concerto

Beethoven

Deep respect for someone

Reverence

Flattening or crushing something

Squashing

Gritty sheet used to rub down and smooth wood

Sandpaper

How fast the breeze is blowing

Wind speed

Monologue; one-person speech

Soliloquy

One-person speech on stage

Soliloquy

Persons guilty of lying under oath in court

Perjurers

Peter Parker’s alter ego

Spider man

She’s the Barefoot Contessa on TV

Ina garten

Someone who studies the past

Historian

Those who enter without permission

Intruders

To deposit powder on a flower so more can grow

Pollinate

Type of home owned by those who tend the land

Farmhouse

Uninterested, indifferent

Apathetic

Puzzle 3 Answers

Amount one is paid for a job

Salary

Chimney __, danced on roofs in Mary Poppins

Sweeps

Country where El Dia de los Muertos is celebrated

Mexico

Dark __, stuff in space that emits no light

Matter

Goal

Target

Ideal, perfect state written about by Thomas More

Utopia

Loves a lot

Adores

Oak fruits fed to pigs that make Iberian ham

Acorns

Small thin object used to sew items together

Needle

Stevie __, Motown hit-maker since the 1960s

Wonder

__ media, such as Facebook, Twitter

Social

Puzzle 4 Answers

Admits to a crime

Confesses

Crime novels

Mysteries

Dye-filled capsule used to play a combat game

Paintball

Ejections of molten rock from a volcano

Eruptions

Holiday celebrated on December 25th

Christmas

It’s eaten in the morning

Breakfast

Items like mascara, cleanser, eyeshadow

Cosmetics

Items like moisturizer, blush and eyeshadow

Cosmetics

Mixture of substances once used to fire guns

Gunpowder

Nine-month period before a woman gives birth

Pregnancy

Person who designs buildings

Architect

Photo-sharing app bought by Facebook in 2012

Instagram

Porous to fluids

Permeable

Something done spontaneously, unrehearsed

Impromptu

The hump in the middle of the work week

Wednesday

The power to give orders and make decisions

Authority

Underwater vessel

Submarine

Voluntary gifts to charity

Donations

Water vessel propelled by mist

Steamboat

Puzzle 5 Answers

A guess of how much the bill will cost

Estimate

Believing you are deserving of special treatment

Entitled

Canteens, cooking rooms

Kitchens

Capital of Belgium

Brussels

Da Vinci painted this famous woman

Mona lisa

King of Ithaca, stayed 20 years away from home

Odysseus

Many pirates wear this accessory

Eyepatch

Nickname of both boxers Robinson and Leonard

Sugar ray

Spelling board game with letter tiles

Scrabble

Walks unsteadily

Staggers

We celebrate love during this month

February

Group 468

Puzzle 1 Answers

A specialist in plant science

Botanist

Another name for table tennis

Ping pong

Aromatic herb that contains the names of 2 women

Rosemary

Coffee extracted in small, concentrated amounts

Espresso

Condition where skin, hair and eyes lack pigment

Albinism

Creating artworks with oils or acrylics

Painting

Famous brand of petroleum jelly

Vaseline

Hanging woven beds often used across palm trees

Hammocks

Hanging woven beds often used while traveling

Hammocks

Luring someone with delicious food

Tempting

Math statement that shows that values are equal

Equation

Meg Ryan’s partner in You’ve Got Mail

Tom hanks

Newspapers that have celebrity gossip

Tabloids

Prejudiced about someone’s social standing

Classist

Retriever dog breed with a black or yellow coat

Labrador

The name of the rat’s human helper in Ratatouille

Linguine

To persuade

Convince

Puzzle 2 Answers

A novel based on imaginary events and characters

Fiction

A pilot

Aviator

Change the path or direction of something

Deflect

Live music event

Concert

Long wooden seats for the public

Benches

Medical term for German measles

Rubella

Plant from which the ancient Egyptians made paper

Papyrus

Raw seafood dish with citrus juice and seasoning

Ceviche

Richard __, founder of the Virgin empire

Branson

Sending out light or heat

Radiant

Single pieces of thread or hair

Strands

Small wheels; anagram of actress

Casters

Time period when crops are collected

Harvest

Puzzle 3 Answers

A sleeping area for visitors in your home

Guest room

Bill Gates started this company

Microsoft

Eight-legged sea creatures

Octopi

Hills made of grainy material found on beaches

Sand dunes

Home of Peter Pan

Neverland

Musician who plays with a bow

Violinist

Nobody wins when a game of chess ends this way

Stale mate

One of six babies from the same birth

Sextuplet

Replying

Answering

Ritualistic offering

Sacrifice

Small round red fruit; juice helps bladder issues

Cranberry

Superman’s bespectacled alter ego

Clark kent

Unimportant, not serious

Frivolous

Wishful thinkers, fantasists

Idealists

Puzzle 4 Answers

A TV show that makes the audience laugh

Comedy

A type of music sung at a church service

Gospel

Comes after Thursday

Friday

Deep-rooted fear of something

Phobia

Disposable paper used while eating

Napkin

FBI Special Agent Fox __ from The X-Files

Mulder

Forms a country with Herzegovina

Bosnia

Guiding light

Beacon

Pointless, fruitless, ineffectual

Futile

Thin posts driven through the hearts of vampires

Stakes

Valentine and Proteus: The Two Gentlemen of __

Verona

Puzzle 5 Answers

An opening, a hole or a gap

Aperture

Blue gemstone, September birthstone

Sapphire

Car that runs on batteries, not gas

Electric

Country bordering Ecuador on the north

Colombia

Decorative structure that spews water

Fountain

His/Her Royal __, British royal family address

Highness

Line joining two opposite corners of a square

Diagonal

Making from scratch

Creating

Mouse-like household pets

Hamsters

Place for medical care, surgery, emergency

Hospital

Rebellions against authority, like on a ship

Mutinies

Short curved tubes to breathe while under water

Snorkels

__ Love, Leona Lewis’s no. 1 hit

Bleeding

Group 469

Puzzle 1 Answers

An act of resistance or rebellion

Uprising

Item used to type information on a computer

Keyboard

Not evenly or justly

Unfairly

Small fish packed tightly in a can

Sardines

Soften with liquid

Macerate

Sparkly, shiny, describes Christmas decorations

Glittery

Succession, order

Sequence

The vehicle Cinderella rode to the ball

Carriage

Two-wheeled vehicle used for motor sports

Dirt bike

Urban feral street feline

Alley cat

Volcano that destroyed Pompei: Mount __

Vesuvius

__ pass, paperwork issued by airline for check in

Boarding

Puzzle 2 Answers

A person who mixes and serves drinks

Bartender

British band, Dark Side of the Moon

Pink floyd

Country where Hugh Jackman was born

Australia

Doctor’s identification of an illness, disease

Diagnosis

Famous Parisian cathedral

Notre dame

Grass grown in the Caribbean, produces sweet sap

Sugar cane

Hairy relative of the Addams family

Cousin itt

Ink container that needs to be replaced

Cartridge

Most difficult, complicated

Trickiest

Of no value

Worthless

Retribution, reprisal

Vengeance

Signs or symbols of something positive

Good omens

Small white Swiss flower emblematic of the country

Edelweiss

Suspicious of; with no confidence in

Mistrusts

Three-stage athletics competition: swim, bike, run

Triathlon

Puzzle 3 Answers

Avians that come home to roost

Chickens

Cut timber used in domestic heating

Firewood

Italian bacon, unsmoked

Pancetta

Item to protect you from rain

Umbrella

Male who replaces actors in dangerous scenes

Stuntman

Small groups of bound pages suitable for lists

Notepads

Stage entertainment that alters consciousness

Hypnosis

Stayed around, like a bad smell

Lingered

Take away; like in a mathematical equation

Subtract

This involuntary action can cause worn down teeth

Grinding

Younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II

Margaret

__ foul; violent personal violation in basketball

Flagrant

Puzzle 4 Answers

A stored collection of weapons

Arsenal

Body-bending game of laying feet/hands on circles

Twister

Device that blocks sound to the auditory canal

Earplug

Donatella __, Italian designer, sister of Gianni

Versace

Embarrassing and uncomfortable

Awkward

First actor to portray James Bond on film, Sean __

Connery

Male who delivers dairy to your door

Milkman

Material that biker jackets are usually made of

Leather

Move to first class from a lower price bracket

Upgrade

Those who steal

Thieves

Tropical primates with tails

Monkeys

U.S. music awards; Elvis won three

Grammys

Walk in a lurching or wobbling manner

Stagger

__ and Old Lace, murder mystery

Arsenic

Puzzle 5 Answers

Bread shop

Bakery

Describe the meaning of a word

Define

Fluffy, creamy dessert beaten with egg whites

Mousse

Formal black tie attire for men

Tuxedo

Male head-covering for a Sikh

Turban

Person who takes confession

Priest

Ruthless, cruel

Brutal

To thrust into water

Plunge

Walk with a limp

Hobble

Wooded area

Forest

Group 470

Puzzle 1 Answers

Bicycle taxi

Rickshaw

Canine used for herding animals

Sheep dog

Extend; elongate

Protract

Fungal growth with a domed top

Mushroom

Furry or knitted covers for the hearing organs

Earmuffs

Green, starchy banana that must be cooked to eat

Plantain

Human that can shapeshift into a wild canine

Werewolf

Just a spoonful of sugar makes this go down

Medicine

Place to secure your cycle

Bike rack

Sticking, gluing

Adhering

Transfer data onto a computer

Download

With lots of money in the bank

Affluent

Puzzle 2 Answers

Darth Vader tells Luke he is his __

Father

Discrimination based on how old you are

Ageism

Formally quit your job

Resign

Goodness, morality, integrity

Virtue

Itchy, red skin condition

Eczema

Rug

Carpet

Said

Spoken

Sarah Jessica __, played Carrie Bradshaw

Parker

Seats attached to rope, found at the park

Swings

Sharp utensils used in the kitchen

Knives

The hardened feet of horses

Hooves

These fruits grow on vines

Grapes

To act in the expected manner

Comply

Truly Madly __, Savage Garden’s biggest world hit

Deeply

__ Island, Chile’s possession in the Pacific

Easter

Puzzle 3 Answers

A state of anxiety or nervous excitement

Agitation

Aunts, uncles, nephews

Relatives

Cable-suspended seats carry people up mountains

Chair lift

Greek philosopher, tutored Alexander the Great

Aristotle

Mind-bending film about a dream within a dream

Inception

Opera famous for its “La Donna e Mobile” aria

Rigoletto

Relevant; suitable

Pertinent

Ringing amplification of a sound

Resonance

Sample, model of product before release

Prototype

Seeker of change

Reformist

Something not made to last, not permanent

Temporary

__ beef, Chinese dish named after an Asian country

Mongolian

Puzzle 4 Answers

Abstaining from food for a period of time

Fasting

Austrian rolled pastry with apple filling

Strudel

Capital of Sicily

Palermo

Catastrophe of Greek proportions

Tragedy

Consolidated TV series sold as single units

Box sets

Contract provisos

Clauses

Direct telephone number for a specific cause

Hotline

Fun, childish, spirited

Playful

Interview with the __; Tom Cruise Gothic horror

Vampire

Knocking into

Bumping

Members of the dog family

Canines

Religious war

Crusade

Seats fastened to the backs of horses

Saddles

The top layer

Surface

__ reality, or VR, i.e. computer simulated

Virtual

Puzzle 5 Answers

A swirling, watery vortex

Whirlpool

All future generations

Posterity

Businesses, corporations

Companies

Canadian actor who voiced Shrek

Mike myers

Chief consort of Akhenaten in Ancient Egypt

Nefertiti

Foxxy __, character played by Beyonce on film

Cleopatra

Herbs added at the end to make a dish look nice

Garnishes

Someone attending shindigs, blasts, celebrations

Partygoer

Someone in charge of the well-being of others

Caregiver

Upheaval or disaster, or violent flood

Cataclysm

Word that sounds the same as another (bear & bare)

Homophone

Writing music or songs

Composing

Group 471

Puzzle 1 Answers

60 minutes when pub drinks are reduced in price

Happy hour

Acceptance of others’ views and cultures

Tolerance

Interfering with something to cause damage

Tampering

Mountains that erupt with hot lava

Volcanoes

Orderly historical written account

Chronicle

People who design and build machines

Engineers

Ridding of impurities

Cleansing

Social time after work when drinks are cheaper

Happy hour

Spread of disease by close contact

Contagion

To come between with the intent of preventing

Intervene

__ wall; sub-divider of interior space

Partition

Puzzle 2 Answers

A person who deserts and betrays a group

Renegade

A person who deserts and betrays an organization

Renegade

A serious argument

Conflict

Artist who creates drawings for a cartoon

Animator

Cheap shiny things for decoration or jewellery

Trinkets

Concerning sailors or navigation

Nautical

Elton John love message given away in a ballad

Your song

Fatherly

Paternal

Hugeness, expansiveness, describes open skies

Vastness

In __, Latin phrase, to the highest degree

Excelsis

Lost strength

Weakened

Parties for people joined in matrimony

Weddings

Paste made from black olives, capers, & anchovies

Tapenade

People thought guilty of crimes

Suspects

Small sphere with which to get a hole in one

Golfball

Soak; drench

Saturate

Starving; very hungry

Famished

__ identity; wrong person

Mistaken

Puzzle 3 Answers

Areas of very little rain

Deserts

Ask someone to marry you

Propose

Cargo

Freight

Chill; calm

Relaxed

F1 Italian racing team with prancing horse icon

Ferrari

Fancy curved staircase design, also called spiral

Helical

Feelings of worry, apprehension and fear

Anxiety

Place to treat animal hides

Tannery

Placed in a straight line

Aligned

Pretend to be someone else on a dating site

Catfish

Sudden involuntary diaphragm contractions

Hiccups

Turn the oven on in advance

Preheat

__ of Solace’s theme song was Another Way to Die

Quantum

Puzzle 4 Answers

A distinctive mode of pronunciation of a language

Accent

Amount consumed or absorbed, like with calories

Intake

Arrival of a notable person

Advent

Balls, like the Earth

Globes

Between knees and pelvis

Thighs

Capital of Greece

Athens

David and Victoria Beckham’s daughter

Harper

Describes the feel of cuddly toys or Persian cats

Fluffy

Filet __, considered the king of steak cuts

Mignon

Medicine from plants, traditional herbal __

Remedy

Out of __, off limits

Bounds

Roman Emperor assassinated on the Ides of March

Caesar

Shuts

Closes

Sport where the goal is to knock out the opponent

Boxing

The big ending number at a show

Finale

Three-legged frame used to hold a camera

Tripod

To voluntarily sign up for military service

Enlist

Writing or drawing utensil

Pencil

__ Figure, 1987 hit for George Michael

Father

Puzzle 5 Answers

A short, broad ski used to slide down mountains

Snowboard

City where the Anne Frank House is located

Amsterdam

Grasping tightly

Clenching

Inflammation of the stomach’s lining

Gastritis

Moth larvae that spin fine strands of fine fabric

Silkworms

Must be fastened when the sign is lit on a plane

Seatbelts

Sand timer; body shape

Hourglass

Shocked and distressed

Horrified

Taxi worker

Cab driver

To cover a couch with fabric

Upholster

Treatment of diseases that affect the teeth

Dentistry

Unafraid

Undaunted

Villainous captain of the Peter Pan stories

James hook

White flaky condiment at dinner used for seasoning

Table salt

You type on these

Keyboards

Group 472

Puzzle 1 Answers

A being who might live on the red planet

Martian

Actresses Katharine and Audrey shared this name

Hepburn

Acute conjunctivitis

Pinkeye

Breakfast food or snack made of oats, honey & nuts

Granola

Changed

Altered

Expertise or skill in a particular field

Prowess

Famous Colombian singer whose hips don’t lie

Shakira

Fitness runners

Joggers

One of Australia’s natural wonders: Great __ Reef

Barrier

Person responsible for overseeing your work

Manager

Step on; tread on and crush

Trample

Puzzle 2 Answers

A star explosion

Supernova

Beetle-like pest found in dirty kitchens

Cockroach

CEO: Chief __ Officer

Executive

Country between Honduras and Costa Rica

Nicaragua

Dangerous coagulated mass in an artery

Blood clot

Entering where not welcome

Intruding

Fondness; tenderness

Affection

Large mounds of land, created by volcanos

Mountains

Making clay models

Sculpting

Narrow current of winds high above the earth

Jet stream

Of someone fluent in two languages

Bilingual

Old unsolved crimes

Cold cases

Otello’s wife in the opera by Verdi

Desdemona

Politically motivated campaigners or protestors

Activists

Science branch dealing with the Periodic Table

Chemistry

Soothing, appeasing

Placatory

Things that require answers

Questions

Tiny glands that hairs grow from

Follicles

Type of story read to young children at bedtime

Fairytale

Uneaten food stored for the following day

Leftovers

__ Square, Beijing, saw democracy protests in 1989

Tiananmen

Puzzle 3 Answers

Abandoned or rejected by family

Disowned

Brass wind instrument with tubing and bell shape

Trombone

Business networking website with personal profiles

Linkedin

Change from one flight to another

Transfer

Country where actress Sofia Vergara was born

Colombia

French philosopher who wrote The Age of Louis XIV

Voltaire

Hand-held firework that crackles

Sparkler

Illuminated backlit container used in photography

Lightbox

Oscar-winning director of The Revenant

Inarritu

Secret meeting to elect a new pope

Conclave

Surgical thread for tying off a blood vessel

Ligature

Using strength; powerful

Forceful

Puzzle 4 Answers

A room or building equipped for physical exercise

Gymnasium

A story; spoken or written account

Narrative

Alienated from a spouse

Estranged

Dedicated

Committed

Find this at the end of a rainbow

Pot of gold

Lack of knowledge or awareness

Ignorance

Longform of NVM

Nevermind

Manhattan resident

New yorker

Special way of doing something; a skill

Technique

Starting

Beginning

Thin breaded pan-fried veal cutlet: wiener __

Schnitzel

Traditional orchestral music

Classical

Varmint, crook, rascal, villain

Scoundrel

Where La Sagrada Familia cathedral is located

Barcelona

Puzzle 5 Answers

Alexander __ Bell, inventor of the telephone

Graham

Cone-shaped item used to pour liquids through

Funnel

Cooked in bubbling hot water

Boiled

Elton John song about a man on a plane to Spain

Daniel

Famous mural by Leonardo da Vinci: The Last __

Supper

Gather tightly together

Huddle

Part of a parachute that opens and fills with air

Canopy

Person with knowledge & skill in a certain field

Expert

Queen Elizabeth II’s father, King __ VI

George

Sleepy

Drowsy

The Brahmaputra delta empties there: Bay of __

Bengal

We speak and eat with them

Mouths

Group 473

Puzzle 1 Answers

A hollowed-out space, often in a tooth

Cavity

A stretching and tearing of ligaments

Sprain

An astronomical body orbiting a star

Planet

Beaded counting device invented in Ancient Sumeria

Abacus

Caped superhero; named Bruce Wayne

Batman

Footwear label that Victoria Beckham designs for

Reebok

Greek goddess to whom the Parthenon was dedicated

Athena

Hermès bag named after Jane

Birkin

Magician’s headwear, with a rabbit inside

Top hat

Openly, without any cares or restrictions

Freely

Small object worn to protect from evil, harm

Amulet

Spanish term for “port”

Puerto

Stylish and modern

Snazzy

They’re on the skin of reptiles

Scales

Tradition

Custom

Water between Pacific and Arctic Ocean: __ Strait

Bering

Puzzle 2 Answers

Arranged ahead of time

Planned

Green fruit; main ingredient in guacamole

Avocado

Mozilla’s free web browser

Firefox

Murmurs, talks quietly

Mumbles

Old English poem about the hero who slays Grendel

Beowulf

Organised ahead of time

Planned

Played Watson in Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes

Jude law

Shallow waters partly separated from the sea

Lagoons

Shortage; undersupply

Deficit

Switches to something else

Changes

The largest primate

Gorilla

Vehicles that carry coffins

Hearses

Puzzle 3 Answers

A great victory

Triumph

Be financially successful

Prosper

Bird like a martin, forked tail, lucky in Korea

Swallow

Cabin where the pilot flies the plane

Cockpit

Cloth insignias

Patches

Day of religious observance

Sabbath

Dependent

Reliant

Film starring Anthony Hopkins: __ of the Lambs

Silence

Leisure traveller

Tourist

Leisure voyager

Tourist

Noisily emitting air via your mouth

Burping

Noisily emitting gas through your mouth

Burping

Part of the body between the chest and the hips

Abdomen

Rational

Logical

Replies; resolutions to questions

Answers

Sing-along entertainment created in Japan

Karaoke

The feel of a surface, bumpy or smooth

Texture

Venezuela’s capital and largest city

Caracas

__ Flame; neverending fire for The Bangles

Eternal

Puzzle 4 Answers

Close call

Near miss

Collections of historical documents or records

Archives

Lois Lane’s love

Superman

Potent green aniseed-flavored alcoholic spirit

Absinthe

Something left out

Omission

Steer a ship on a course

Navigate

Stimulant found in coffee and soft drinks

Caffeine

Tall, African mammals with extra long necks

Giraffes

Tight-fitting stretch pants

Leggings

__ Crusoe, novel by Daniel Defoe

Robinson

__ Franklin, “First American” and Founding Father

Benjamin

Puzzle 5 Answers

A breakfast staple that’s been cooked in hot water

Boiled egg

A wide, often tree-lined street in a city or town

Boulevard

All good; Bowie album

Hunky dory

Book containing a list of people’s names & numbers

Directory

Contrast two things by placing them together

Juxtapose

Deep cracks or fissures in a glacier

Crevasses

Doing quick, freehand drawings on paper

Sketching

Emergency vehicle for the injured

Ambulance

Gases discharged by vehicles

Emissions

Grouped closely together

Clustered

Identity booklets for tourists

Passports

Increase in prices; reduction in purchasing power

Inflation

Much sought after Last Supper’s goblet

Holy grail

One who studies rocks

Geologist

Profession whose word origin means “star sailor”

Astronaut

They watch over the sheep

Shepherds

__ To Frankfurt, Agatha Christie’s birthday tale

Passenger

Group 474

Puzzle 1 Answers

A person who investigates crimes

Detective

Bending down or squatting

Crouching

Eggs laid by chickens with access to outdoors

Free range

Extensive online reference resource

Wikipedia

He investigates crimes

Detective

In a disgusting, indecent manner

Obscenely

List of activities on a trip

Itinerary

Nearest to the centre

Innermost

Nearest to the middle

Innermost

Obsession with fire

Pyromania

Old Possum’s Book of __ Cats, by T. S. Eliot

Practical

Optimistically, encouragingly

Hopefully

Painful skin lumps, mounds, inflammations

Swellings

Sewing squares of fabric together to make quilts

Patchwork

Sport contest that consists of 10 different events

Decathlon

The act of obtaining government or corporate secrets

Espionage

Wet weather garments

Raincoats

What’s left of a sunken boat

Shipwreck

__ man or woman; supportive co-worker

Right hand

Puzzle 2 Answers

An outfit worn to play a character

Costume

Crimson-colored alcohol, taken with cheese

Red wine

First score in a tennis game

Fifteen

Funny

Comical

Hand-thrown munition; anagram of derange

Grenade

High plain, tableland, no longer rising

Plateau

Narrow-edged tooth made for cutting

Incisor

Placido __, one of the Three Tenors

Domingo

Smash to a thousand pieces

Shatter

Sword on a rifle

Bayonet

They operate vehicles

Drivers

Type of ball used by a fortune teller

Crystal

Puzzle 3 Answers

A dream location

Paradise

A woman with brown hair

Brunette

Actor who played Forrest Gump

Tom hanks

Altered to fit better

Adjusted

Can be smooched

Kissable

Changes something to improve it

Modifies

Greek god of the sea, brother of Zeus and Hades

Poseidon

Habitual greed or excess in eating

Gluttony

It tracks the months in a year

Calendar

Little bowls for cigarette ends

Ashtrays

Long boats for romantic rides in Venice

Gondolas

Occupational hazard of an apiarist

Bee sting

Stimulant found in coffee

Caffeine

The one who yells “cut” on a movie set

Director

There is no place __

Like home

What slice puts on a tennis ball

Backspin

__ and dealing; bartering, trading

Wheeling

Puzzle 4 Answers

An expert in science

Scientist

Glittery sphere that clubbers dance under

Disco ball

Kerfuffle, disturbance

Commotion

Mountains covering 75% of Nepal

Himalayas

Notes sent home from a place you’re visiting

Postcards

Person who fights crime without legal authority

Vigilante

Prank device with a rotten stench

Stink bomb

Punishments

Penalties

Racing dog breed

Greyhound

Small round yellow legumes for making hummus

Chickpeas

Something that is priced very high; costly

Expensive

Syndrome that can affect kidnapped people

Stockholm

Taken over, say, by a spirit

Possessed

Word origin study

Etymology

Puzzle 5 Answers

Belly __, ladies with fast moves of hips and tummy

Dancers

Borders or boundaries of a place

Confine

Cerebrovascular accidents, brain attacks

Strokes

Enclose; imprison

Confine

Leaping in the air

Jumping

Left the premises

Vacated

Not slouching, sitting tall and straight

Upright

Scottish Highlands plant sold by Roma for luck

Heather

Spread out over a large area

Diffuse

Verifier; one who vets crossword clues

Checker

__ King, author of Misery, The Stand, It

Stephen

__ Spears, Me Against the Music, ft. Madonna

Britney

__ pin, for flattening pastry dough

Rolling

Group 475

Puzzle 1 Answers

A woollen ball found on top of winter hats

Pompom

An agriculturalist

Farmer

Cleaning substance for getting rid of stains

Bleach

Colorful bird whose largest species is the toco

Toucan

Country directly above the United States

Canada

Dump, empty

Unload

George Harrison track that opened Revolver

Taxman

Groups of ships sailing together

Fleets

Humpty __, sat on a wall, but also had a mishap

Dumpty

Jean-Paul __, French companion of de Beauvoir

Sartre

Lego pieces are called this

Blocks

Magical medicine, a witch’s brew

Potion

Margot __, actress who played Harley Quinn

Robbie

Organ in the mouth that helps you eat and speak

Tongue

Rancher or agriculturalist

Farmer

The quality of using money carefully

Thrift

Thick, sweet liquids used on pancakes

Syrups

Tile-dropping puzzle video game

Tetris

Type of performance dance, like the Nutcracker

Ballet

Wall paintings, can be fresco

Murals

__ grace, a redeeming feature

Saving

Puzzle 2 Answers

Announcement for passengers to enter a plane

Boarding

Conflagration in the Australian outback

Bushfire

Creepy hotel setting of The Shining

Overlook

Greek god of feasts and wine

Dionysus

One who creates fashion pieces

Designer

One-handed sweeping basketball play

Hook shot

Shapes with eight sides

Octagons

Social network for posting status updates

Facebook

To put forward an idea

Propound

What comes after a good joke’s punchline

Laughter

What the WWF stands for: World __ Fund

Wildlife

Puzzle 3 Answers

A device that lets us view distant space objects

Telescope

Bloom linked to January in flower lore

Carnation

Cartoon who lives in a pineapple under the sea

Spongebob

Changing allegiance; switching sides

Defecting

Cocoa-based treat given on Valentine’s Day

Chocolate

Colourful explosions in the night sky

Fireworks

DC Comics character, best friend of Wonder Woman

Etta candy

Devotion, fondness, love

Affection

Engross, enchant, charm

Captivate

Huge, flightless birds with large eggs, big eyes

Ostriches

Juicy and tasty like a plant with flesh leaves

Succulent

Label with owner’s name inserted into literature

Bookplate

Opposed to, disapproving of

Objecting

Pyrotechnic explosions in the night sky

Fireworks

Spaghetti made with egg, cheese and pancetta

Carbonara

Sport played in swimming pools with a ball

Water polo

Sturdy table used for carpentry and other tasks

Workbench

Where engine explosions happen

Cylinders

Puzzle 4 Answers

Anti-__ cream, to help ward of facial lines

Wrinkle

City where Germany’s largest Gothic cathedral is

Cologne

Fixing things to a noticeboard

Pinning

Grooves made on farmland

Furrows

Limelight-seeker needing attention

Show off

Low-level layer of cloud

Stratus

Nation

Country

Plotter

Schemer

Preserved in vinegar

Pickled

Ridge of beach formed in water by tides/currents

Sandbar

Road speed event on a bike

Cycling

Root taken for health e.g. better memory

Ginseng

Root taken to increase energy, improve memory

Ginseng

Spanish word for “horse”

Caballo

Tight swimming trunks, named after brand

Speedos

Puzzle 5 Answers

Camera brand that prints photo instantly

Polaroid

Can be torn into smaller pieces by teeth

Chewable

Confessed to something

Admitted

Country whose capital is Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

How much can you lift

Strength

Huge passenger plane

Jumbo jet

Imaginatively artistic

Creative

It falls from your eye when you’re sad

Teardrop

Lacking in knowledge on a topic

Ignorant

Nationality of actress, Julia Roberts

American

People whose job it is to sell flower arrangements

Florists

Physical power

Strength

Reduced papers to unreadable strips

Shredded

Scheduled start of military operations

Zero hour

This agreement can be written or oral

Contract

This gas makes up around 78% of Earth’s atmosphere

Nitrogen

Without a care about consequences

Reckless

Group 476

Puzzle 1 Answers

A person who gives information on TV or radio

Announcer

Choices after deliberations

Decisions

Greek goddess of love in Mamma Mia! finale

Aphrodite

Lots of houses have this to keep warm during winter

Fireplace

Not sufficiently compensated

Underpaid

Rigid airships designed by a German count

Zeppelins

Someone legally qualified to be a doctor

Physician

Spanish percussion instruments

Castanets

The name is in the title

Eponymous

Unknown

Foreign

Using one hand to repeatedly bounce a ball

Dribbling

Puzzle 2 Answers

Band worn around the leg to keep up a stocking

Garter

Bugs Bunny’s favorite food

Carrot

Bugs Bunny’s preferred food

Carrot

Curved at the top

Arched

Eastern Caribbean __, currency of the West Indies

Dollar

Enhance the quality of something

Enrich

John __, singer and pianist of All of Me

Legend

Katherina’s sister in The Taming of the Shrew

Bianca

Lottery with tickets, to win prizes at a fair

Raffle

NBA All-Star small forward, Kevin __

Durant

Ornery bird in Looney Tunes

Tweety

Put to sleep in a medical fashion

Sedate

The chemical element represented by Na in NaCl

Sodium

The, usually, 12 arbiters in a criminal trial

Jurors

Tree or insect that came in a plague

Locust

Yearned

Longed

Yellow bird in Looney Tunes

Tweety

Puzzle 3 Answers

A lizard without legs that looks like a snake

Slowworm

Castle setting of Shakespeare’s Hamlet

Elsinore

Country once led by a ruler named Pol Pot

Cambodia

Hastening

Hurrying

Head of the hive

Queen bee

Male vendors

Salesmen

Official summer sport of Canada

Lacrosse

Old-fashioned and literary name for a pickpocket

Cutpurse

Ovum served sunny side up or over easy

Fried egg

The tiny tribe of pirates met by Moana and Maui

Kakamora

Wool garment that can button up

Cardigan

__ Fishburne, CSI actor

Laurence

Puzzle 4 Answers

Alfred Reginald Jones, best known as actor Ray __

Milland

Drug that activates receptors in the brain

Agonist

French words for all together, as a whole

En masse

Grain tied into bundles

Sheaves

Institutions with curated displays of objects

Museums

Institutions with displays of artefacts

Museums

Line touching a curve

Tangent

Part of a telephone with earpiece and mouthpiece

Handset

Positive marks

Credits

Potato character on Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Frylock

Script reminder device for TV presenters

Autocue

Shave off layers of wood with a knife

Whittle

Shortness, conciseness

Brevity

Spear thrown in athletics event

Javelin

The __ 5 had a hit with Frosty the Snowman

Jackson

Vespa bike

Scooter

Puzzle 5 Answers

British WWI song: “It’s a Long Way to “

Tipperary

East Slavic language

Ukrainian

Holiday when William the Conqueror became king

Christmas

Icy crystal unlike another

Snowflake

Jack, Queen or King

Court card

Keeps the photo subject sharp; not manual

Autofocus

Raving about

Enthusing

Second-largest city in Alaska

Fairbanks

Teetering long-legged wader bird

Sandpiper

Term used to define complete vision loss

Blindness

The R in HR

Resources

The international dialling code number for the UK

Forty four

Treat cotton with alkali to make shinier

Mercerize

Urged to do

Compelled

Variable distance between tracks for locos

Rail gauge

Warning that something bad will happen

Woe betide

Yellow maize kernels surrounded by husks

Sweetcorn

Mist, tourist boat around the Niagara Falls

Maid of the

__ swimming; sport in a lake, ocean or river

Open water

Group 477

Puzzle 1 Answers

Announcement period of a school day

Homeroom

Body of water between Britain and Scandinavia

North sea

Captain Ray Holt on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Andre __

Braugher

Easily recyclable grocery carrier

Paper bag

Editor of an anthology

Compiler

Evergreen tree offspring

Pinecone

Iconic Swedish accommodation built each year anew

Icehotel

Malcolm __, became Aussie PM in 2015

Turnbull

Mathematical rules expressed in symbols

Formulae

Nationality of wasabi hot paste

Japanese

Pumpkins hollowed out and illuminated

Lanterns

They come in chest, upright and walk-in types

Freezers

This animal is quick at jumping over a lazy dog

Brown fox

Waterloo chorus lyrics: I was __, you won the war

Defeated

Puzzle 2 Answers

Changeable, capricious, inconstant

Fickle

Dust storms occurring in arid regions

Haboob

Franklin’s NW Passage ship lost with HMS Erebus

Terror

John __; Australian PM during WWII

Curtin

Leaks saliva like a dog

Drools

Little Jack __, he sat in a corner

Horner

Nail-__; incredibly tense situation

Biting

Nationality of landscape painter Albrecht Durer

German

Scott __, US ragtime pianist

Joplin

Sea that the Neva River empties into

Baltic

State of something illegally taken from another

Stolen

To lie languidly on a sofa taking up all the space

Sprawl

__ kiss, the rubbing of noses as a greeting

Eskimo

Puzzle 3 Answers

Bumped into someone or hit wood with fist

Knocked

Fruit jam for sticking marzipan to Christmas cake

Apricot

Infants’ viral illness: anagram of “aerosol”

Roseola

Knocking down tenpins

Bowling

Large courgette vegetables

Marrows

Something drawn, painted, maybe hung on the wall

Picture

Taking plants out of grass

Weeding

Wiz __, rapper

Khalifa

__ horse, indoor equine for child riders

Rocking

-aggressive, manipulation over confrontation

Passive

Puzzle 4 Answers

Abstract painter Wassily __

Kandinsky

Appealing

Desirable

Astronaut who took a “giant leap for mankind”

Armstrong

Contagious condition that causes gastroenteritis

Norovirus

Equine signifying death in the apocalyptic vision

Pale horse

Greetings from a trip sent without an envelope

Postcards

Internal food processing

Digestion

Italian island group between Corsica and Sardinia

Maddalena

Legumes in the Italian soup minestra di ceci

Chickpeas

Moving feet illegally in basketball

Traveling

Process by which the body breaks down food

Digestion

Publication for children with tales

Storybook

Ready to be used

Available

Rising prices

Inflation

Substance of plant cell walls

Cellulose

The Wall and Dark Side of the Moon band

Pink floyd

Tidal mouths of large rivers

Estuaries

To Brits it is a weatherboard; to Americans a __

Clapboard

straps, thin shoulder straps on summery tops

Spaghetti

Puzzle 5 Answers

Adrian __, Swiss designer, created Univers font

Frutiger

Age of Michael Jackson at first solo number 1 hit

Thirteen

Birth town of Margaret Thatcher

Grantham

Decays, rots

Composts

Haiti, Malaysia, and South Korea national flower

Hibiscus

Man of Steel

Superman

Reply, answer, retort

Response

She-Ra and the __ of Power cartoon

Princess

Something done for symbolic effect only

Tokenism

String goes through eyes/hooks in winter footwear

Bootlace

Wrong in judgement or opinion

Mistaken

__ of Catan, board game

Settlers

Group 478

Puzzle 1 Answers

Band from Scotland big in the 70s: Bay City __

Rollers

Captain America Co-Star, Jenna __

Coleman

Cardinal Wolsey’s gift to Henry VIII: __ Court

Hampton

Contraceptive drug developed in the 1960s

The pill

Decorate again, anagram of pertain

Repaint

Expanded widthways

Widened

Female parts of flowers

Pistils

Food worker’s headwear

Hairnet

Having or understanding information

Knowing

Julie Andrews film role: Mary __

Poppins

Last name of last U.S. President to die in office

Kennedy

Month named after Latin for “door”

January

Month named like Roman god of beginnings & endings

January

NE Indian state; its capital is Imphal

Manipur

Nasal adornment of a clown

Red nose

Ordinary sailors, not officers

Ratings

Outgrowing bony lumps on the big toes

Bunions

Series of US space probes; no. 9 orbited Mars

Mariner

Tidal wetland with silt deposits

Mudflat

Type of bowling adopted by all cricketers

Overarm

Weight, anagram of magneto

Megaton

__ Finster, Red-haired Rugrat

Chuckie

__ Lohan, Herbie and Freaky Friday star

Lindsay

Puzzle 2 Answers

A plantation of grapes aimed to wine production

Vineyard

Carmen aria about bullfighting, The __ Song

Toreador

Chortling

Giggling

Coffee grown at high altitudes

Hard bean

Crossbowman

Balister

Diseases that animals can transmit to humans

Zoonoses

Elders; anagram of instance

Ancients

Female comic superhero created by Roy Thomas

Ms marvel

Marking postage stamps with an official imprint

Franking

Maurice de __, French Fauvist artist of Red Trees

Vlaminck

Pursuing and tracking down deer

Stalking

Putting plans on hold

Shelving

Queensland’s capital city

Brisbane

Received payment for employment

Salaried

The Big __ featuring The Dude

Lebowski

They float in seas, sometimes bumping into ships

Icebergs

This is a virtue

Patience

To burn food

Overcook

Valuable collector’s items from the past

Antiques

Puzzle 3 Answers

America’s most macabre TV family

Addams

Brings up another’s child legally as one’s own

Adopts

Friends in war

Allies

Increases in salary

Raises

One who fixes illnesses

Healer

River whose mouth meets the Irish Sea in Liverpool

Mersey

Sandy flat floor of a __; basin that is dry

Desert

Starts, inceptions, commencements

Onsets

__ Broadsides, first copies of the US Declaration

Dunlap

__ nero, black cabbage in Italian, a type of kale

Cavolo

Puzzle 4 Answers

Basketball play where ball is moved to weak side

Pinch pass

Dangerous sliding of snow in the mountains

Avalanche

Display anger, seen in dogs or wolves

Show teeth

Highwire for walking along with a balance pole

Tightrope

Knitting stitch with an offset pattern

Garter rib

Radical socialist

Communist

Redheaded prop comedian

Carrot top

Sparked off

Triggered

Tang emperor with beloved consort Yang

Zhuanzong

Traditional Irish potato dish served on Halloween

Colcannon

Tummy pains; or to moan incessantly

Bellyache

Unstable reactor incident in Ukraine in 1986

Chernobyl

Violet gemstone from Africa

Tanzanite

What no money can buy

Priceless

Puzzle 5 Answers

A bird allusion to an athlete’s reach

Wingspan

Extracting oil with compressed water

Fracking

Famous variety of black truffle

Perigord

Gauge that tells you how many miles are on a car

Odometer

Haile __, Ethiopian emperor, aka Ras Teferi

Selassie

Jamaican city with the Bob Marley Museum

Kingston

Range of items, including slippers, boots, etc.

Footwear

Spectral visitation

Haunting

Temperature when water mist condenses into water

Dew point

The quality or state of being faithful; exactness

Fidelity

Unwrapped a flag

Unfurled

Young male chicken

Cockerel

__ World starring Chris Pratt

Jurassic

Group 479

Puzzle 1 Answers

Another name for a whirlwind of flames and ash

Firenado

Autumn __, daughter-in-law of Princess Anne

Phillips

Basketball player who begins game on the bench

Sixth man

Breakfast at __, classic movie

Tiffanys

Roman Catholic address to the virgin mother

Hail mary

Searching for wild food resources, e.g. mushrooms

Foraging

The image of Jesus on the cross

Crucifix

Time when crepuscular animals are active

Twilight

Ugly buildings, blots on the landscape

Eyesores

Well supplied with water

Hydrated

Wonky, unbalanced

Lopsided

Year of the Four __, 69 AD

Emperors

__ Payard, pastry chef, luxury dessert creator

Francois

__ pain, aches felt in an unaffected body part

Referred

Puzzle 2 Answers

Aviatrix Jean __, “the Greta Garbo of the skies”

Batten

Cecil __, diamond merchant in South Africa

Rhodes

Cirque du __, alternative Canadian circus troupe

Soleil

Diluted with plenty of H2O

Watery

In Roman numerals, XC, or 100 minus ten

Ninety

Lana __, Lust for Life crooner

Del ray

Piles of stones at a mountain summit

Cairns

Raven-turned-dragon in Disney’s Maleficent

Diaval

Small city car by Renault, anagram of towing

Twingo

South African national park in Limpopo, Mpumalanga

Kruger

__ and spade, construction tools for sandcastles

Bucket

__ wind, is the Japanese meaning of kamikaze

Divine

Puzzle 3 Answers

Buyers and sellers

Traders

Collagen in Jell-O

Gelatin

DIY Cassette containing specially chosen songs

Mix tape

Drooping, shrivelling, through lack of water

Wilting

Drooping, wasting away through lack of water

Wilting

German matured fruit and booze pud eaten at Xmas

Rumtopf

Modern name of Black Sea city Trebizond

Trabzon

Ranking of strong competitors in a sports contest

Seeding

Self-punishment for sin, an act of devotion

Penance

Space where things are packed or stowed away

Storage

Those who fight with words

Arguers

Transformed

Changed

Under the light of the night sky

Moonlit

__ Sea, body of water north of Scandinavia

Barents

Puzzle 4 Answers

American Dad’s patriarch

Stan smith

Antony -Jones; also known as Lord Snowdon

Armstrong

Ariel, Helvitica, Times Roman, etc.: fonts or __

Typefaces

Cuddly toy hit for Elvis in 1957

Teddy bear

Flash Gordon’s main enemy, Ming the __

Merciless

Formal men’s outerwear of the 19th century

Frock coat

Herb, gives carthamin dye and oil from its seeds

Safflower

Hold a drinking vessel by this, not near the rim

Glass stem

Infants cry a lot when these are growing in

Baby teeth

Italian-born seafood restaurateur

Aldo zilli

Last section of a relay race

Anchor leg

Meritorious, worthy, commendable

Deserving

Name of drag queen tour bus in a 1994 film

Priscilla

Name of transvestite tour bus in a 1994 film

Priscilla

Negatively charged atomic particles

Electrons

Organisms and their environment

Ecosystem

Red lamp at the rear of a vehicle

Tail light

Shocking, horrendous, terrible

Egregious

What plates get washed in

Dishwater

Village, Manhattan artistic/cultural district

Greenwich

Puzzle 5 Answers

Amount carried by a car, full capacity

Carload

Country to which the Faroe Islands belong

Denmark

Fake pill that mysteriously has an effect

Placebo

Flounced about in an arrogant manner

Swanned

French afternoon newspaper respected globally

Le monde

Highest mountain in Wales: Mount __

Snowdon

Large wave caused by underwater earthquake

Tsunami

Late meals

Dinners

President of the Second Continental Congress

Hancock

Putting a plant into a suitable container

Potting

The Lady of __, Tennyson long poem

Shalott

The highest prize in a lottery

Jackpot

Top layer of e.g. water

Surface

Wasteful person, a lazy spendthrift

Wastrel

__ glass, huge round vessel for drinking G&Ts

Balloon

__ is crying, __ is lying; line from 1981 ABBA hit

One of us

__ maker, machine makes your fave movie snack

Popcorn

Group 480

Puzzle 1 Answers

“The Pied Piper of “

Hamelin

A hard worker

Grafter

Actress cast as Rose in “Titanic”: Kate __

Winslet

Bon __, said by waiters after delivering meals

Appetit

Captain Kathryn __; in charge of the USS Voyager

Janeway

Drake __, water between S America and Antarctica

Passage

Female theatre performer

Actress

Golfing advisors and bag carriers

Caddies

Madagascar is a famous producer of this sweet bean

Vanilla

Small generator, anagram of megaton

Magneto

Squander money frivolously

Fritter

Standard unit of measurement of a food’s energy

Calorie

The bumpy bits on the top of waters

Ripples

Puzzle 2 Answers

Benjamin Britten opera about Queen Elizabeth I

Gloriana

Bird of prey Muppet

Sam eagle

Bog, swamp or marsh

Quagmire

Boxy lines around a phrase of text

Brackets

Comedy sci-fi show with cat, android and hologram

Red dwarf

Crafters who work with cast iron

Founders

Curved lines around a phrase of text

Brackets

Exiled director who won an Oscar for The Pianist

Polanski

Fragrant purple flower used in sachets and soaps

Lavender

Menial worker who is put upon, not a canine

Dogsbody

Most well-known song from Bizet’s Carmen

Habanera

Offerman and Mullally: The __ Love Story Ever Told

Greatest

State where Brad Pitt was born, abbreviation OK

Oklahoma

To pull even in a chase

Overhaul

Turkey-rearing Bernard

Matthews

Use these for making smoothies

Blenders

Puzzle 3 Answers

Bestowed a high honour on a gentleman

Knighted

Bestowed a title on a gentleman

Knighted

Chewed something brittle

Crunched

Directed DiCaprio in The Quick and The Dead

Sam raimi

Homes on wheels to tow behind vehicles

Caravans

Horse contest with hurdles or obstacles to cross

Jump race

Journeying in a road vehicle

Motoring

More full of beans than

Livelier

Quickly, swiftly

Speedily

Sea, part of the Med between Italy and Corsica

Ligurian

Someone who creates musical scores

Composer

Tapping hands together to show appreciation

Clapping

Travelling, e.g. in a road vehicle

Motoring

saving time, system of adjusting the clocks

Daylight

Puzzle 4 Answers

A reason for doing something

Motive

Angelique, 2018 female champ at Wimbledon

Kerber

Assassin

Killer

Boer leader of the Great Trek murdered 1838

Retief

Carson McCullers novel: The Heart is a Lonely __

Hunter

Collier; coal miner

Pitman

Featured instrument in Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons

Violin

First name of actor who played Frasier Crane

Kelsey

Her goose is __

Cooked

Irritates

Annoys

Measure of how well a planet reflects solar energy

Albedo

Real first name for Meghan Markle

Rachel

Red-wine coloured

Claret

Red-wine hue

Claret

Sweet, such as fizzy drinks

Sugary

The two longest rivers in the UK: Thames and __

Severn

Tiny islands

Islets

Took a brief rest

Napped

__ Scott, Gladiator and The Martian director

Ridley

__ shrimp, its legs resemble a praying insect’s

Mantis

__ up, purse lips in anticipation of a kiss

Pucker

port-wine stain

Naevus

Puzzle 5 Answers

Algarve city and tourist resort

Albufeira

Amethysts, emeralds, garnets, diamonds

Gemstones

Carried along with information on trip sights

Guidebook

Cate __, Galadriel, Queen Elizabeth I, Hela

Blanchett

He who wrote History is bunk

Henry ford

Moving feet illegally in basketball

Traveling

Or two weeks

Fortnight

Place for keeping things for future use

Storeroom

Reject, renounce, rebut

Repudiate

Rock-and-roll beater used in a percussion section

Drumstick

Swimming stroke named after flying insect

Butterfly

Water-based, breathable emulsion

Claypaint

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