Codycross Fashion show Answers

Adjustable cap worn by those driving lorries

Trucker

Conditions in a tight space

Cramped

From the NFL to GMA, Michael __

Strahan

Golan __, disputed upland area of the Middle East

Heights

Inform, notify

Apprise

John __, novelist of The Night Manager

Le carre

Litter, discarded household waste

Rubbish

Original name of the Colosseum: __ Amphitheater

Flavian

Roman emperor dynasty

Flavian

Scribes

Writers

Skewered herring with gherkins and onions

Rollmop

Small kangaroo-like animal

Wallaby

Type of animal that played Flipper on TV

Dolphin

You don’t share these

Secrets

__ hem, wavy hemline resembling salad leaves

Lettuce

Exercise rails in a ballet dance studio

Barres

French sweet

Bonbon

Hagrid’s first name

Rubeus

Informal, everyday style

Casual

Leave on a ship

Embark

NASA moon-landing mission program

Apollo

Nail __; strong-smelling varnish for fingernails

Polish

Real and Atletico play football in this city

Madrid

Song by Bon Jovi: Livin’ on a __

Prayer

Stick with glue

Adhere

__ system, baby buggy + car seat

Travel

Another word for a boxer

Pugilist

Barely hot water

Lukewarm

Collection of fallen foliage, often jumped in

Leaf pile

Diet without pork, lamb, beef, etc.

Meat free

Manhattan’s Art-Deco famous building

Chrysler

Not on the outside; e.g. __ organs

Internal

Parisian prison

Bastille

Precious rocks that are forever

Diamonds

Raised platform at the front of a ship

Foredeck

Short, witty remark

One liner

Shortest war in history (38 minutes): Anglo-__ War

Zanzibar

Singer with a pop group

Vocalist

Surname of film director brothers Peter and Bobby

Farrelly

TV show about the Bluth family: __ Development

Arrested

Walking with discomfort

Hobbling

World’s tallest mountain from its oceanic base

Mauna kea

Cheerleaders of the Chicago Bulls NBA team

Luvabulls

Christmas trees are __, not deciduous

Evergreen

City regarded as the “capital of the Highlands”

Inverness

Collection of classical musicians

Orchestra

Explained what something looks like

Described

Flyers drag wheeled ones behind them at airports

Suitcases

Fraud or quack

Charlatan

It was ridden to Banbury Cross

Cock horse

Lauren __, author of American Spy

Wilkinson

Only day of the week with nine letters

Wednesday

Opposite of weaknesses; things you are good at

Strengths

Person who provides the money for a project

Financier

President of the Confederacy 1861-65: __ Davis

Jefferson

To do with the body

Corporeal

What Iron Man is called out of the suit

Tony stark

A night-time equivalent of a rainbow

Moonbow

Annual publication for events of the coming year

Almanac

Attractive, not losing at all

Winsome

Compassion __, tiredness from tragedy

Fatigue

Grain distilled to make baijiu spirit

Sorghum

Having put clothes on, one is __

Dressed

Keyboard key that converts a 3 to PgDn, say

Num lock

Large soft fabric used as bed covering

Blanket

Moniker used to describe a Star Trek superfan

Trekkie

Negros y __, name of the Carnaval in Colombia

Blancos

Term applied to cars produced before 1918

Veteran

Watership Down is a film about these animals

Rabbits

Window protector

Shutter

__ Carmichael, Angelica’s Rugrats rival

Susanna

British sloop captured by John Paul Jones in 1778

Hms drake

Capital of Namibia (“windy corner” in Afrikaans)

Windhoek

Creased, in need of an iron

Crinkled

Empathy, rapport

Affinity

Floating frozen pedestals with polar bears aboard

Ice floes

Gained knowledge in, became accomplished at

Mastered

Jennifer __, starred in The Hunger Games

Lawrence

Lyrics by the Beatles: “__ my belle…”

Michelle

Orinoco tributary found in Colombia

Guaviare

Show someone __; on-the-job training

The ropes

Soft bag designed to carry sporting equipment

Athletic

Someone living abroad to avoid financial penalty

Tax exile

Supposedly what vegans eat as Christmas dinner

Nut roast

The Power of __ Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale

Positive

To give up or renounce to power

Abdicate

Actor attended Prince Harry’s wedding: George __

Clooney

Adoration, prayer, devotion

Worship

Artwork built up from smaller decorative pieces

Montage

Cutting bread for toasting

Slicing

Hand gestures used to influence a baseball pitcher

Signals

L’Oreal slogan, Because you’re __

Worth it

Laced-up blouses or underwear that create curves

Bodices

Locals who arrive early to watch circus set up

Lot lice

Make crazy, upset; anagram of enraged

Derange

Mississippi River natural waterfall: Saint __ Falls

Anthony

More amusing than

Funnier

Not fact

Fiction

Of the land by the ocean

Coastal

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled __

Peppers

Run-down cinema

Fleapit

Searched someone’s person

Frisked

The __ Boys, supporting act on first Madonna tour

Beastie

The __ and the Carpet, tale of a talking bird

Phoenix

The __, Pitt, Roberts star in a film about a gun

Mexican

__ Woods, conference led to the IMF being founded

Bretton

__ toe, easily acquired pain when shoeless

Stubbed

“Speak __ and carry a big stick”: Teddy Roosevelt

Softly

Ada __, Israeli protein crystallographer

Yonath

Another name for the Academy Awards

Oscars

Bad Moon __, hit by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Rising

Exertion, determination

Effort

Mario __, celebrity chef with Italian background

Batali

OIC in full words

Oh i see

Running in competition

Racing

Russian countryside homes

Dachas

Strengthening insert applied to a garment

Gusset

Transgressed

Sinned

__ tin; baking tray for individual small cakes

Muffin

Art style that paints it like it is

Realism

Bunking off school for no reason

Truancy

Carrion-eating bird

Vulture

Exciting feelings of love

Romance

Garfield’s least loved days

Mondays

India’s “Blue City” or name of riding clothing

Jodhpur

Kebab sticks

Skewers

Mario __, Peruvian fashion photographer

Testino

Masters of the Dark Side in Star Wars

The sith

One of the birthstones for August

Peridot

Palindrome for a big African cat emollient

Lion oil

State with a tourist spot called Jackson Hole

Wyoming

Supervised, paid attention to

Oversaw

Taking liquid from carrots

Juicing

Two-dimensional geometric figure

Polygon

Wanna Be __ Somethin’; MJ hit about gossip

Startin

Writes a name alongside someone else’s

Cosigns

__ Chiron, classic, expensive Italian sports car

Bugatti

Aka French harp or mouth organ

Harmonica

Anxiously

Fretfully

Apply this in rooms to decorate them

Wallpaper

Bedfordshire university focused in technology

Cranfield

Causing damage to the environment

Polluting

Hypersensitivities caused by fur, pollen, etc.

Allergies

In snooker, exhibition pot with elaborate set-up

Trick shot

Miniskirt and hotpants populariser

Mary quant

Oak Apple Day celebrates his Restoration

Charles ii

Poet A.B. (Banjo) Paterson’s country

Australia

She played Carol on The Brady Bunch: Florence __

Henderson

Someone who is persnickety and a pedant

Nitpicker

Unwelcoming appearance, showing no sympathy

Hard faced

Comporting oneself correctly

Behaving

Dryness; anagram of sardines

Aridness

Hats worn by rodeo stars

Stetsons

Julian __, TED talker, communications expert

Treasure

Long walkway between rooms in a school or hospital

Corridor

Mickey Mouse’s apprenticeship was to him

Sorcerer

Name given to Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6

Pastoral

Racetrack called the “graveyard of champions”

Saratoga

Reinstated a painting to its former glory

Restored

Sand, earth building material used in Indus Valley

Mudbrick

The least flavorful

Blandest

Unrest

Disquiet

__ Enthusiasm, Larry David TV comedy vehicle

Curb your

A sarcastic and biting tongue, a __ wit

Caustic

Another name for the electric ray

Torpedo

City in India previously known as Madras

Chennai

Container for new footwear

Shoebox

Fruit preserve cooked and reduced in sugar

Compote

Loudspeaker for high frequencies (or birds)

Tweeter

Medicine for heartburn

Antacid

Song sung by dwarfish miners in Snow White

Heigh ho

The Rime of the Ancient __, tale of an albatross

Mariner

The more the __; no limit on numbers

Merrier

University of Alabama football team: __ Tide

Crimson

Weekly twenty-four hours when money comes in

Paydays

Went and brought back

Fetched

Younger brother of Charles II, ruled 1685-88

James ii

__ Jones, the matriarch of The Partridge Family

Shirley

__ bodies, torsos hued and muddied at carnival

Painted

Add commas, semicolons, full stops to text

Punctuate

Bridal clothes and linens

Trousseau

Difficult choice or perception between two options

Tough call

First ancient people known to use hieroglyphics

Egyptians

Group of bards including Ginsberg and Kerouac

Beat poets

Medical condition of the legs, genu valgum

Knock knee

Minnesota Lynx WNBA player, nicknamed the Monster

Maya moore

Nursery rhyme: This Is the House that __

Jack built

Predatory sea creature with a long, flat bill

Swordfish

Supernatural beings in Clive Barker’s Hellraiser

Cenobites

__ sauce, dark, strong, salty Chinese condiment

Black bean

A tailed bubble in comic strips denotes __

Speech

Bring in a new actor as a replacement

Recast

Calendar month of the Notting Hill Festival

August

Catholic minister

Priest

Country where the Dnieper River starts

Russia

Dave __, Wendy’s founder, TV personality

Thomas

Fish eggs

Caviar

French for lemon

Citron

Ludwig Maximilian University is based in this city

Munich

President of Venezuela elected in 2013: Nicolás __

Maduro

Willa __, US novelist famed for landscape tales

Cather

__ death, extra-time with the first scorer winning

Sudden

An attempt to assassinate him misfired: Andrew __

Jackson

Big __ is always watching

Brother

Canine nickname for Sirius in the night sky

Dog star

Creative director of YSL, Gucci, and film director

Tom ford

Japanese massage technique for asthma relief

Shiatsu

Latin for “mistake” in print

Erratum

Lugging around heavy goods

Carting

Merchants, retailers

Traders

Orb thrown in women’s team sport

Netball

Sleep, doze

Slumber

Surname of the singers who made up Five Star

Pearson

Wall Street actor Michael __

Douglas

Wheat-based flatbread from Indian subcontinent

Paratha

__ Pocket, German counter offensive in Normandy

Falaise

Author

Writer

Container for storing headgear

Hatbox

First modern European city with 1 million people

London

Grins

Smiles

Infertile soil in forests (also spelled with a Z)

Podsol

It stands for Q in the NATO phonetic alphabet

Quebec

Judge on “The Voice”: singer/actress Jennifer __

Hudson

Largest lake in Finland: Lake __

Saimaa

Liam __, played a cop in The Lego Movie

Neeson

Soup utensils

Spoons

Went solid to liquid through heat

Melted

__ Meyer, fraud examiner, liespotter

Pamela

Accidentally drooling while asleep

Dribbling

Acting paternally towards someone

Fathering

Fine shawls made from the wool of Himalayan goats

Pashminas

Global beauty pageant, first held in 1951

Miss world

Ho Hey band

Lumineers

National winter sport of Canada

Ice hockey

Performance review at work

Appraisal

Putting together information for an exhibition

Collating

Relating to Corsica’s Italian nearby island

Sardinian

Showy yellow flower, the state flower of Nebraska

Goldenrod

__ and meatballs

Spaghetti

Built, made artfully

Crafted

Drown your __, to hope alcohol makes things better

Sorrows

Falls messily

Tumbles

Gates or valves in a lock to regulate water levels

Sluices

Having a single set of unpaired chromosomes

Haploid

Infusing ground coffee beans with hot water

Brewing

Journalist’s piece

Article

Journalist’s written piece

Article

July in French

Juillet

No-through road, cul-de-sac

Dead end

Overtakes, crawls all over

Infests

Screen decoration at the rear of a church altar

Reredos

Space probe sent to Venus in the 1970s

Pioneer

The Rangers play hockey for this city

New york

The __ Seal, Bergman film where Death plays chess

Seventh

Two-piece swimwear with vest top

Tankini

Aussie city, venue of the XII Commonwealth Games

Brisbane

Bruce Springsteen album __ on the Edge of Town

Darkness

Christmas table decorations with gift inside

Crackers

Country where the medieval temple Angkor Wat is

Cambodia

Daddy __, another name for a crane fly

Longlegs

Dedicated outdoor space for kids to have fun

Play area

Fed up to increase weight

Fattened

Flowering plant also known as pink or carnation

Dianthus

Hair ornament

Barrette

Lemuel __, appears as a giant to the Lilliputians

Gulliver

Place to put a letter before mailing it

Envelope

Restarted

Rebooted

Skeletal part at the back of the foot

Heel bone

Text translation for foreign movies

Subtitle

Very cute, lovable

Adorable

__ list, a sequence of items to be bought

Shopping

“To go like the ” means to move extremely fast

Android, song by the rock band Radiohead

Paranoid

__ Rock, Graham Greene on hoodlum Pinkie Brown

Brighton

Backed up by good, logical reasoning

Justified

Captain Kirk in the Star Trek remakes

Chris pine

Collarless sweaters open at the front

Cardigans

Common unit of distance in astronomy

Light year

Device used by DJs

Turntable

Flower named after stripy big cat

Tiger lily

Laundry-loving omen of death in Scottish legend

Bean nighe

Marvel Comics first superhero team: The __ Four

Fantastic

Name for Saint Petersburg before renamed Leningrad

Petrograd

New Mexico city, a nuclear weapons area

Los alamos

Non-capital letters

Lower case

Pebbledash with which to coat a house

Rough cast

Relating to a large company or business

Corporate

Seymour Skinner’s position in The Simpsons

Principal

Sumo __, the sport of sumotori

Wrestling

Tequila cocktail with orange liqueur, lime juice

Margarita

The science of teeth

Dentistry

Youngsters reaching their maximum height are __

Full grown

__ Day, October celebration of Nelson’s victory

Trafalgar

__ clothes, for pregnant women

Maternity

An act of asking politely for something

Request

Bungles is this team’s unfortunate nickname

Bengals

Crime novel by Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh: A Grave __

Mistake

Deep-sounding marsh heron

Bittern

Glut, excess

Surfeit

Individual, cup-shaped culinary mold

Dariole

Lessening tension between nations, esp US and USSR

Detente

Medieval kingdom in northwest Iberian peninsula

Galicia

Nine-sided shape

Nonagon

Put on smart clothes for a special occasion

Dress up

Relating to the warmest months of the year

Summery

Symbolic water ceremony in the Christian Church

Baptism

Terri __ of Desperate Housewives

Hatcher

Untwisted, disentangled

Unwound

Author of The Name of the Wind, Patrick __

Rothfuss

Capital of Botswana

Gaborone

Charles __, won an Oscar as Henry VIII

Laughton

Earning good money, with a decent salary

Well paid

Emotional instability from fear, trauma, laughing

Hysteria

Flexible basketball player, a.k.a. guard-forward

Swingman

For all intents and __; in every practical sense

Purposes

French green beans, __ verts

Haricots

Gavin __; lead singer of rock band Bush

Rossdale

Like an exploding mountain

Volcanic

Motel renamed the National Civil Rights Museum

Lorraine

Of the same type

Suchlike

One who starts fires deliberately

Arsonist

Prehistoric saber-toothed tiger

Smilodon

Prehistoric tiger

Smilodon

Shard, broken piece of something

Fragment

Studs, hoops or drops, worn in the lobes

Earrings

Vigorously, energetically; not passively

Actively

Large city and former capital of the Philippines

Quezon

Maleficent’s peasant love in Disney film

Stefan

More difficult

Harder

Nurse’s uniform; cleans the floor

Scrubs

Religious superior, head priest of temple

Mahant

Shuts eyes briefly

Blinks

Soft white fibers from plants used for clothes

Cotton

Sondheim’s Send in the __

Clowns

Titans cradle in Nashville, __ Stadium

Nissan

To perturb, upset, dishearten

Dismay

__ Lenôtre, French pastry chef, bakery franchiser

Gaston

17th century cloth with lace worn on the neck

Cravat

Bushland antelope from eastern and southern Africa

Dik dik

Cancun is found here

Mexico

Charlie’s last name in Willy Wonka

Bucket

First pilot to exceed the speed of sound: Chuck __

Yeager

If It Makes You Happy singer, __ Crow

Sheryl

Letter sloping at an angle

Italic

Locations

Places

Presumed country of origin of chili con carne

Mexico

Snigger, giggle

Titter

What the T stands for in ATM

Teller

__ machines, used in the garment-making industry

Sewing

Admits to a crime

Confesses

Airship lifted by gas

Dirigible

Cradle of __; World Heritage Site in South Africa

Humankind

Describes clothing accidentally worn the wrong way

Inside out

Distorted, monstrous, like giant heads at Carnival

Grotesque

Fundraising event doing lengths at the baths

Swimathon

Initials sewn onto clothing

Monograms

Molding between the floor and wall

Baseboard

Musical diva worked with Rufus among many others

Chaka khan

Never anxious; confident

Nerveless

Round, beige legumes used to make hummus

Chickpeas

Scandal- and celebrity-seeking photographer

Paparazzo

Strangers on a Train: a novel by Patricia __

Highsmith

Term for sparklers, bangers and Catherine wheels

Fireworks

The global ecological system

Biosphere

Totally unable to hear

Stone deaf

Toy or weapon that always comes back

Boomerang

“Allons __ de la Patrie”, from La Marseillaise

Enfants

Army food packs

Rations

Celebratory processions with bands and floats

Parades

Fragrance; can sometimes be overpowering

Perfume

Hard to find or difficult to take hold of

Elusive

Japanese dish of stuffed rice balls

Onigiri

Joel McHale TV show, The Great __

Indoors

Main language spoken in Australia and New Zealand

English

Mending socks with wool

Darning

Shown when sending a player off a football field

Red card

Snape’s first name

Severus

Soft floor coverings

Carpets

Stole cows

Rustled

The DA in the 1991 documentary “JFK”: Kevin __

Costner

Transgress over the edges of something

Overlap

Unlucky __; saying about the number 13

For some

A million plus three zeroes

Billion

An old-fashioned record, based on its shape

Platter

Batten down the __; secure a ship’s tarpaulins

Hatches

Christopher __, Elizabethan era playwright

Marlowe

Dessert made from sugar and ice crystals

Granita

Egyptian burial ground with Step Pyramid

Saqqara

Giving ranking to tennis professionals

Seeding

Honest Abe __

Lincoln

In New York, Lexington and Park are these

Avenues

Lady Bird Johnson’s real first name

Claudia

Legislations made and enforced by local councils

Byelaws

Molly Ringwald film, All These Small __

Moments

Narrow-style jeans

Slim fit

No longer operating or in use

Defunct

Troop tunnel used to shelter against enemy fire

Foxhole

Used a hose to give plants refreshment

Watered

__ off; snoozing, falling asleep

Nodding

Baby hares

Leverets

Disease of trees, most obvious in the 60s and 70s

Dutch elm

In physiology, the same as efferent

Motorial

List of sporting dates in a calendar

Fixtures

Mean, deplorable

Shameful

Red-carpet ball gowns from Chapman and Craig

Marchesa

Small pies

Tartlets

Tara Westover’s memoir

Educated

What fine words can’t butter

Parsnips

Wrote a symphony

Composed

American Beauty actress __ Bening

Annette

Clear protein for setting jellies (no “e” at end)

Gelatin

Creator of the Statue of Zeus at Olympia

Phidias

Gags, heaves

Retches

Ornette __, free-form jazz saxophonist

Coleman

Roughly climb

Clamber

Smart leather shoes with perforations

Brogues

Switch the central __ on and snuggle up

Heating

US city with Lions and Tigers in separate stadia

Detroit

__ Mother, Dorothea Lange’s Depression-era photo

Migrant

__ bridge, device Leonardo drew for Duke Sforza

Movable

Able to soak up liquid

Absorbent

Blowing machine to remove wetness from locks

Hairdryer

Caretaker or hotel staff member

Concierge

Facial part with high bridge, typical of Italians?

Roman nose

Instrument for measuring radiation

Bolometer

Legendary king in Ulster Cycle of Celtic mythology

Conchobar

Loveable bull who is mistaken as dangerous

Ferdinand

Notebook for drawings

Sketchpad

People who call out those who are landlubbers

Seafarers

Shrove Tuesday carnival

Mardi gras

The Addams family pet octopus

Aristotle

Turkey and all the __

Trimmings

A genius, boffin

Brainbox

An unscrupulous acquisition of territory

Landgrab

Bicycle saddle bags

Panniers

Brazil’s woolly spider monkeys

Muriquis

Canadian-born singer of Diana and My Way

Paul anka

Detached, scientific

Clinical

Lazy to your skeleton

Bone idle

Light late-afternoon meal (before dinner) in Spain

Merienda

Marilyn’s suitor co-star in The Seven Year Itch

Tom ewell

Nerdy fashion style that’s cool

Geek chic

Ode to Joy poet; Beethoven used it in a symphony

Schiller

Parasol for rain

Umbrella

Selecting from more than one

Choosing

Trophy match; last game in a tournament

Cup final

Another word for whalebone

Baleen

Appealed to a deity

Prayed

Designer bags with little Scottie dogs

Radley

Diego __; Indian Ocean archipelago

Garcia

Double __, two setbacks happening back to back

Whammy

Former University of Delaware quarterback Joe __

Flacco

King, died from a surfeit of lampreys

Henry i

The opposite of the waxing of the Moon

Waning

Traditional Japanese female entertainers: __ girls

Geisha

Van Gogh painted The __ Eaters

Potato

Wheel __, car immobilizers used by councils

Clamps

__ Boyd, model, and wife of Harrison and Clapton

Pattie

__ match, swap clothing around to create outfits

Mix and

“A better life, a better world” appliance brand

Panasonic

A series of four books or operas

Tetralogy

Ancient Chinese philosopher, famous for sayings

Confucius

Little Robin __ sat upon a rail

Redbreast

Not outgoings

Incomings

Progressively

Gradually

Rock used to sharpen agricultural blades on

Whetstone

Smooth twill fabric, used in a jacket for e.g.

Gabardine

Sportswear brand of the 20s, created Joy perfume

Jean patou

State where the Mississippi River starts

Minnesota

The top of a fraction

Numerator

Unconventional, strange

Eccentric

Vegetable with a heart

Artichoke

Where a lesson is taught in school

Classroom

__ Western, Europe-made film set in the Wild West

Spaghetti

Country where 76% of the Orinoco River is situated

Venezuela

German krautrock band embraced electronic music

Kraftwerk

In __; offensive, vulgar

Poor taste

Italian soup whose name means “reboiled”

Ribollita

Makes tools for quitting smoking

Nicorette

Ornate flight of steps in a building

Staircase

Sack worn on one shoulder, goes across chest

Messenger

Toned dress code at Wimbledon

All whites

White, powdery, sap-sucking insects

Mealybugs

Wire office accessory for keeping sheets together

Paper clip

__ realism, official communist architectural style

Socialist

Eric Theodore __, voiced by co-creator Trey Parker

Cartman

Fool me twice, __ me; proverb

Shame on

Ivan __, producer and director

Reitman

Money per hour

Pay rate

Novelist Aleksandr Pushkin’s nationality

Russian

Oh! __, Foster song with a “banjo on my knee”

Susanna

Printed pictures at large sizes for ads

Posters

Rejections; refusals to acknowledge

Denials

Simplest spelling of fermented milk desserts

Yogurts

The Maple Leafs’ team is based in this city

Toronto

To the max, completely, in every way

Totally

Tool like a pickaxe with a flattened blade

Mattock

Weaved hair into ropes

Braided

What a new flower is doing

Budding

__ wardrobe; minimal, versatile clothes collection

Capsule

Actress who turned down Damehood: Vanessa __

Redgrave

Body manipulation

Piercing

Celia __, in the Hockney painting is Mrs Clark

Birtwell

Charm and personality

Charisma

El __, palace complex created by Spain’s Philip II

Escorial

Job with reduced hours of employment

Part time

Scraping the toes of shoes

Scuffing

Space or time between events

Interval

State that’s home to Cereal City

Michigan

Synthetic rubber used in waterproof garments

Neoprene

The C in VCR

Cassette

They restrict a horse’s view

Blinkers

__ ahead; surging forwards

Storming

__ car, da Vinci’s cannoned precursor to the tank

Armoured

African xylophone

Marimba

Bottom floors of houses, where wine is stored

Cellars

Cash disbursement

Payment

Measuring wheel used by surveyors

Trundle

Oakland football team

Raiders

Opposite of boldness

Shyness

Orange cat who chased cartoon mice Pixie & Dixie

Mr jinks

Primary essential alcohol for making a margarita

Tequila

Robert __; first to launch a rocket

Goddard

Smooth woolen cloth

Worsted

The __ Verses, novel by Salman Rushdie

Satanic

The __ of thunder in the distance

Rolling

The bullet point after fourthly

Fifthly

The military rank of circus artist Tom Thumb

General

Transport hub for plane passengers

Airport

Adjective for “Northern” European countries

Nordic

Author of the WWI novel Birdsong: Sebastian __

Faulks

Little Yellow __ by German artist Franz Marc

Horses

Loose bracelet

Bangle

Meals are served on them

Plates

Milk soaked cake popular in Latin America: tres __

Leches

Reverberating kids’ blown musical instruments

Kazoos

Tarry, waste time

Dawdle

Two-wheeled upright scooter

Segway

__ Danner; actress mother of Gwyneth Paltrow

Blythe

1980s glam rock trouser material of choice

Spandex

A suburb of Washington, DC, in Virginia

Fairfax

Ancient Roman pool

Piscina

Guy __, director of Snatch and Sherlock Holmes

Ritchie

Henry __ presumed he had met Dr Livingstone

Stanley

Monster mix of lion, goat and snake in mythology

Chimera

Nuns wear these on the head

Wimples

One who changes things; anagram of meander

Amender

Ten-pin __; knocking down skittles at an alley

Bowling

The Blair Witch __, “documentary” thriller

Project

Wobbly fruit desserts made with gelatin

Jellies

__ bank, financial institution in middle of things

Central

Arizona artsy town; birthplace of Michelle Branch

Sedona

Bobtail’s companion

Ragtag

English city, site of the Ashmolean Museum

Oxford

Famous crime fiction writer’s pseudonym: __ Queen

Ellery

Fireworks or distress signals at sea

Flares

Ghosts, specters, phantoms

Spooks

Hairpiece worn by men to cover a bald patch

Toupee

Italian orange aperitif

Aperol

Joints between arms and hands

Wrists

Leg extensions for circus performers

Stilts

Volkswagen Beetle in The Love Bug

Herbie

__ script, left handed writing used by da Vinci

Mirror

Annual Antipodean celebration on April 25

Anzac day

Country where Lahori and Karahi curries come from

Pakistan

Emperor of Japan from 1926 until 1989

Hirohito

Famous blonde British supermodel

Kate moss

Game of slabs with spots

Dominoes

Little girl hairstyle, hair divided in two

Pigtails

Made bigger or wider

Expanded

National park known for its giant sequoias

Yosemite

Parentheses

Brackets

Particularly appropriate

Apposite

Poet __, top garlanded appointment for a poet

Laureate

Queen song: __ to Love

Somebody

Sham, mockery, parody

Travesty

The highest-grossing basketball film of all-time

Space jam

Toast normally falls __ side down

Buttered

__ Man, white, puffy spokesman for a tire brand

Michelin

At the extreme end of the scale

Full blown

Empty vessels make the __

Most noise

Everything clean and in order

Shipshape

Holdall made of rug flooring

Carpetbag

In art: intentionally surreal, bizarre

Absurdist

Powerful lights attached to the front of a vehicle

Headlamps

Romantic tale

Love story

Secret cooperation to do something underhand

Collusion

The Revolution Will Not be __: Gil Scott-Heron

Televised

Urban Legend, Panic Room and Fight Club actor

Jared leto

__ clerk, inputs text into a computer program

Data entry

Anise and often elderberry Italian liqueur

Sambuca

Biblical king especially known for his wisdom

Solomon

Important part of a nuclear power station

Reactor

Irish county, with Lifford as the county town

Donegal

Legal rules about firearms

Gun laws

Offense formation by Billy Ford and Ryan Wilson

Wildcat

Paloma __, fashion designer, Tiffany’s designer

Picasso

Poser, aspiring star

Wannabe

Robin Williams film about supernatural board game

Jumanji

Unclear, distorted

Blurred

__ crossing, pedestrian light-controlled walkway

Pelican

Amber

Beckerite

Beehive, dreadlocks, quiff are all types of this

Hairstyle

Charlie Puth lyrics: “You Just Want ”

Huston, Morticia in The Addams Family film

Anjelica

Goes in

Enters

Goldie Hawn’s also actress daughter: Kate __

Hudson

Old __ Hubbard

Mother

Public __; services that are run by the government

Sector

Rodent from Central and South America

Agouti

She played Lisa on “As the World Turns”: Eileen __

Fulton

Short grass parts of a golf course

Greens

Stems of plants

Stalks

Things that are forbidden, not acceptable to say

Taboos

Vitus __, Dane, first European to discover Alaska

Bering

__ crusher, thick-soled shoe like brothel creepers

Beetle

A hole was put in someone’s earlobe, it was __

Pierced

Anxiety, worry, apprehension

Tension

Carrying capacity of a ship

Tonnage

Don’t __; 1956 huge hit for Elvis

Be cruel

East Carolina __ play at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium

Pirates

Lose one’s __; stumble or trip when climbing

Footing

Made before tax

Grossed

Passes on knowledge

Imparts

Pictorially represented image

Graphic

Salty body of water in the Middle East

Dead sea

Veggies often served with haggis: neeps and __

Tatties

Wild author, Cheryl __

Strayed

__ St, Dunedin, world’s steepest residential road

Baldwin

__ Years’ War was actually 116 years in length

Hundred

Bulgarian city, once known as Philippopolis

Plovdiv

Bunches of twigs

Bundles

Chickpea ball

Falafel

Designate funding for a particular project

Earmark

Harangue, argue, rage

Bluster

Houses for horses

Stables

Japanese word for festival or holiday

Matsuri

Label on items of clothing fit for all adults

One size

Novel by H. G. Wells: The Time __

Machine

Silent era actor/director won an Honorary Oscar

Chaplin

Stirring, anagram of souring

Rousing

__ Cowboys colors are Brown and Gold

Wyoming

__ the Stars; song from The Greatest Showman

Rewrite

A golem is a __ folklore monster

Jewish

Continental __, now better known as duvets

Quilts

Father is Lucius, son is Draco

Malfoy

Less generous than

Meaner

Make water clean of contaminants

Purify

Narrow valleys in mountainous areas, with streams

Gorges

Wearable blankets worn over the shoulders

Shawls

Went against, e.g. a trend

Bucked

Young dogs

Whelps

__ Ryder, Canadian singer of Weak in the Knees

Serena

__ Snap, offensive play in football

Direct

__ tea; infusion of fruit or leaves in hot water

Herbal

1992 George Michael hit with supermodels in video

Too funky

Another name for schoolyard

Blacktop

Asset management company with a zebra logo

Investec

Chemical used for bleaching hair

Peroxide

Cream for removing daily facial makeup/dirt

Cleanser

Eddie Murphy comedy, Beverly __

Hills cop

Edward FitzGerald’s translation of Omar Khayyam

Rubaiyat

Home planet of Lion-O, Cheetara et al

Thundera

Italian pasta bow-tie

Farfalle

Leonardo’s plans for the biggest-ever horse statue

Colossus

Openly

Publicly

Period of dressing in black after a death

Mourning

South African golfer, nicknamed the Big Easy

Ernie els

A 100 years anniversary

Centenary

A fate worse __

Than death

An add-on to an outfit e.g. a handbag or earrings

Accessory

Black and white North American tit

Chickadee

Emitting in the form of waves

Radiating

For e.g. houses, office blocks, cottages

Buildings

Germany’s financial epicenter

Frankfurt

Germany’s financial hub

Frankfurt

Month sung about by Earth, Wind & Fire

September

Recurring theme in a piece of music

Leitmotif

Sports mouthguard

Gumshield

Staying away from a meeting

Absenting

Sweet vanilla and raspberry carbonated drink

Cream soda

The man behind Apple, for most of the people

Steve jobs

Tycho Brahe had one, losing his original in a duel

False nose

__ roll; list of registered voters

Electoral

Ancient Greek writing deciphered in 1952

Linear b

Arrow holsters

Quivers

Formal homes might have a sparkly __ chandelier

Crystal

Last Habsburg King of Spain: __ II

Charles

Male hawk or falcon

Tiercel

Michael __ of Riverdance fame

Flatley

Mint-tasting compound

Menthol

Music genre and record label of the Specials

Two tone

Neighborhood of Empire State, UN headquarters

Midtown

Old valuable collectible

Antique

Steal a car for fun

Joyride

Still Life with Curtain and Flowered __ by Cézanne

Pitcher

Uneven, unpredictable

Erratic

What an entomologist studies

Insects

Zombies on the AMC show

Walkers

__ Sound, fjord and tourist site in New Zealand

Milford

__ on the Roof, Jewish family in Russian Empire

Fiddler

Chocolate milk brand with bunny mascot

Nesquik

Correcting the visuals of widely spaced letters

Kerning

Cured herring; anagram of Alberto

Bloater

Empty tummy noises

Rumbles

Fast-drying paint, used instead of oils

Acrylic

Field remnants of a harvest; a starter beard

Stubble

Flying Old World mammal known for eating fruit

Megabat

Garbage, trash

Rubbish

J in the NATO phonetic alphabet

Juliett

Retired 3x world champion figure skater: Peggy __

Fleming

Sir __ P. Winter, biochemist, co-won Nobel Prize

Gregory

This island group’s capital is Nassau

Bahamas

To inspire others to take notice or interest in

Attract

Belgium forest, saw battles in both World Wars

Ardennes

Chanson d’amour, in English

Love song

Classification of any field of knowledge

Category

Close, comfortable, cherished, friendly

Intimate

Colorful, trumpet-shaped garden flowers

Petunias

DC Comics supervillain archenemy of Hal Jordan

Sinestro

Jewish version of French crepes

Blintzes

Jungle-like, warm weather

Tropical

Lake where the Edmund Fitzgerald sank

Superior

Leg protectors worn by skateboarders

Knee pads

Makeup for the mouth, glossy or matte

Lipstick

Pinball game’s moving parts

Flippers

Small sea fish with vertical stripes

Mackerel

Sporting conduct

Fair play

Trumpet-shaped garden flowers

Petunias

__ Greek; 1964 film starring Anthony Quinn

Zorba the

__ come on over, rhyming children’s game

Red rover

Alexander the Great’s birthplace: the region of __

Macedonia

Another word for makeup

Cosmetics

Arouse, thrill

Titillate

Chemical compound used for glass pigmentation

Neodymium

Country that is native to the second largest bird

Australia

Gogol’s book on the owning of serfs by Tchitchikov

Dead souls

Green watery salad fruits

Cucumbers

Green watery salad vegetables

Cucumbers

Magical Scottish place in Gene Kelly film musical

Brigadoon

Marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, east of Kara Sea

Laptev sea

Secret phrases for logging in

Passwords

The Volunteer State is one of its nicknames

Tennessee

What Wednesday’s child is

Full of woe

Buster __, silent movie star of The General

Keaton

Crown of __, Christ’s headpiece at the Crucifixion

Thorns

Deeply, profoundly, greatly

Sorely

Handing out; dishing out

Doling

Happy __, venue of Hong Kong’s racetrack

Valley

Kelly Clarkson’s first hit: “A __ Like This”

Moment

Material that induces static or is too tight

Clingy

Mexican coffee liqueur brand

Kahlua

Month when the National Eisteddfod of Wales occurs

August

Place, spot, position

Locale

Shallow ground depression where water birds nest

Scrape

They dance in tutus in Disney’s Fantasia

Hippos

Abhor

Despise

Andres __, Barcelona, Spanish playmaker

Iniesta

Casablanca country

Morocco

Domino Pizza’s strange 80s mascot

The noid

Han Solo made the Kessel Run in less than 12 __

Parsecs

Hanging bed

Hammock

Maigret’s creator

Simenon

Most distance

Longest

Number of pawns at the start of a game of chess

Sixteen

Phil Collins’ band

Genesis

Tim -Lee; creator of the World Wide Web

rolls, 1940s hairstyle of pinned up big curls

Victory

2nd biggest holiday for candy in the U.S. in 2016

Halloween

A reference book that lists synonyms

Thesaurus

Aquarium fish whose body is vivid violet

Blue tetra

Art of carving something into surfaces

Engraving

Blasphemy, violation of holy things

Sacrilege

Brand of shampoo, soap and handwash products

Palmolive

Buzz Lightyear is a fictional one

Astronaut

Eradication of slavery

Abolition

German model once married to Seal

Heidi klum

He/she is worth twenty pressed men

Volunteer

Heavenly website-hosting service, owned by Lycos

Angelfire

Highway 61 __, Dylan’s Like a Rolling Stone album

Revisited

In a diplomatic way

Tactfully

Innovative creators with patents

Inventors

Large national park and river in Tanzania

Tarangire

Measure of frequency

Kilohertz

Morning brew is drunk from this

Coffee cup

Non-rigid working hours

Flexi time

Passenger motorboat on the Venetian canals

Vaporetto

Personal protector deployed by politicians, celebs

Bodyguard

Sci-fi comedy with Luke Wilson as smartest man

Idiocracy

Treetop adventure course with zip wires

High ropes

__ Nebula, equine constellation

Horsehead

1970 TV police drama starring Robert Blake

Baretta

Bird of passage; drifter

Floater

Founder of the WOMAD arts festival: Peter __

Gabriel

Having fun with toys or games

Playing

Inhabitant of the red planet

Martian

King Lear’s two wicked daughters: __ and Regan

Goneril

Latin version of the Bible made by St Jerome

Vulgate

Made a duck noise

Quacked

Multiply by eight

Octuple

NYC district that contains a lot of fashion houses

Garment

Ogling

Leering

Political brothers involved with Marilyn Monroe

Kennedy

Study of bodily structures, often by dissection

Anatomy

They move in an engine’s cylinders

Pistons

Walked in step, like an army

Marched

Wrapped up pizza

Calzone

Backwards basketball jump shot

Fadeaway

Ben 10’s last name

Tennyson

Burrowing mammal known as an earth pig

Aardvark

Chemical element classification system: __ Table

Periodic

Coastal footwear style

Boat shoe

Distinguishes

Discerns

Found in Chinese cookies

Fortunes

Fruit of summer flowers used in syrups and jellies

Rosehips

German battleship sunk by the British

Bismarck

On the other side of the page

Overleaf

Past tense of beseech

Besought

Piazza __, or St Mark’s Square

San marco

Praise, applause, standing ovation

Plaudits

Rhodesian prime minister in the 1960s

Ian smith

Undressing and putting another outfit on

Changing

__ Park, big screen dinosaur theme park

Jurassic

Bits __, various objects, things

And bobs

County law enforcement official

Sheriff

Flat, fried batter

Pancake

Genre of books and films about relationships

Romance

Greek myth, blank verse poem by Lord Tennyson

Ulysses

In the kingdom of the blind, the __ man is king

One eyed

Instruction in a school subject, outside of school

Tuition

Italian supercar with prancing horse logo

Ferrari

Komodo dragon is an example of a __ lizard

Monitor

Pope Urban II launched the first one in 1095

Crusade

Technical assistance for software users

Support

The __ of the Lambs, Foster and Hopkins

Silence

Trimmed hair with electric device

Clipped

__ My Love, 1990 hit for Madonna

Justify

2018 NASCAR champ: __ Truex, Jr.

Martin

Chilled sponge, cream and fruit dessert

Trifle

Egyptian god of wealth and incense

Dedwen

Like a sonnet

Poetic

Long mirror that sounds like a French horse

Cheval

One of the largest cities of the Philippines

Manila

Rob __, Daily Show reporter, Modern Family actor

Riggle

Tall formal headgear for a gentleman

Top hat

The Simpsons clown

Krusty

The exit from a building

Way out

The most frosty

Iciest

The relationship between a child and its parents

Filial

__ Hart, lyricist of The Lady is a Tramp

Lorenz

Cheek dent

Dimple

Commander of Apollo 13, James __

Lovell

Grammatical case, with nominative and accusative

Dative

Groups of sheep

Flocks

Japanese train that floats on magnets

Maglev

Lightweight, loose-fitting shirt for women

Blouse

Metal devices for gripping, attached to shoe soles

Cleats

Reason given for acting badly

Excuse

Turkey __, farmyard pal of Chicken Licken

Lurkey

Usually heard from bagpipes

Skirls

Viennese amusement park with big wheel

Prater

Bram Stoker’s 1897 Gothic novel

Dracula

Evening parties

Soirees

Free __, corner space in Monopoly

Parking

Hard-hearted person

Callous

Macon and Marietta are in this U.S. state

Georgia

Of or relating to hyenas

Hyenine

Process of turning up an overlength clothing item

Hemming

Salt-producing chemical element

Halogen

Sealed space with an open shower

Wet room

South __, 1958 film musical set during WWII

Pacific

Turn applied to tennis balls by hitting upper half

Topspin

__ Walker; Scotch whisky with Red Label brand

Johnnie

Bouncing Australian marsupial

Kangaroo

Bros is the shortened form of this word

Brothers

Certain districts under the authority of bishops

Dioceses

Exercising at the pool

Swimming

Fear of good news

Euphobia

Gave a better job to someone

Promoted

Giving off light

Luminous

Repeated small spot pattern on a fabric

Polka dot

Roster, timetable

Schedule

Subversive 1970s music genre

Punk rock

Tree nut roasted at Christmas, or a brown pigment

Chestnut

__ of an Ending, book by Julian Barnes

The sense

A window in the roof of a building

Skylight

Anne __, Benjamin’s Mrs Robinson in The Graduate

Bancroft

British Back For Good band

Take that

Chilling, terrifying, scary-looking

Fearsome

Hershey’s chocolate-coated caramel pieces

Milk duds

Interior __; someone who plans building decoration

Designer

Medical term for itchy skin

Pruritus

Nevsky __, St Petersburg’s most impressive avenue

Prospekt

Part of town where L. Bernstein musical happens

West side

Scaling up a rock face

Climbing

Tailed, pursued

Followed

Tune that plays on a mobile phone for calls

Ringtone

Accidentally hitting or crashing into something

Colliding

British monarch nicknamed the Farmer King

George iii

Contemplates, gives thought to

Considers

Former Argentine president, Evita’s husband

Juan peron

Frothy dairy drink

Milkshake

Living in or on another host organism

Parasitic

Location where coats and hats may be kept

Cloakroom

Make more varied, introduce more species or crops

Diversify

Material hairband

Scrunchie

Sam Smith song: Writing’s __

On the wall

Scathing, e.g. a __ look

Withering

The middle cavity of the inner ear

Vestibule

Widely popular US pharmacy chain

Walgreens

__ crab, species between spider and crustacean

Horseshoe

Antonym of smallest

Greatest

Atari’s 1984 shooting game

Dropzone

Comical birds that waddle around Antarctica

Penguins

Communications left for others, e.g. notes

Messages

Debris moving over the eye, seen as spots

Floaters

Describes an unconventional style/lifestyle

Bohemian

Designated a task

Assigned

In soccer, ahead of defense and behind attack

Midfield

Law __; person employed to keep order

Enforcer

Only state bordered by four Great Lakes

Michigan

Spinner of a roulette wheel

Croupier

Surname of Spanish singers Julio and son, Enrique

Iglesias

System of political theory

Ideology

T E __, writer and explorer of Arab lands

Lawrence

Table set aside for a specific party

Reserved

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle’s supervillain

Shredder

The part of the brain that takes up the most space

Cerebrum

__ the Titans with Denzel Washington

Remember

A Prayer For __, John Irving novel

Owen meany

Architectural style that preferred concrete

Brutalism

Aztec earth goddess wore a skirt of snakes

Coatlicue

Damaged, frayed hair tips

Split ends

Diplomatic missions; consulates’ offices

Embassies

Horror with an evil Plymouth Fury named __

Christine

Indigestion or acid stomach

Heartburn

Making a journey by flight

Air travel

Match to decide entry to play in a tournament

Qualifier

Mint __, round sweets with a regal-sounding name

Imperials

Ms Parton’s theme park

Dollywood

Reuniting, getting back together

Rejoining

Rubbery circular air chamber

Inner tube

State of precarious weakness

Fragility

Teen drama series based on Archie Comics

Riverdale

The pixie animator of Pinocchio in the Disney tale

Blue fairy

The study of ligaments

Desmology

Wealthy, more rich compared to a friend, say

Better off

__ tune, music by which a person is known

Signature

A cap with pieces covering the ears

Biggon

A cleric ranking next below a priest

Deacon

It determines the winner after a tie

Runoff

Johnny __ sang When A Child Is Born in 1978

Mathis

Old fashioned term for a car mechanic: grease __

Monkey

Ordained member of the clergy

Deacon

Popular for seasoning; will keep vampires away

Garlic

River that flows through six Asian countries

Mekong

Sewed with rough stitches

Tacked

Threw into the apt receptacle

Binned

Twill fabric trousers, often khaki or beige

Chinos

__ history; activities that re-enact the past

Living

__ route; driving through beautiful landscape

Scenic

A concept album released by the Beach Boys in 1966

Pet sounds

Artificial lake where water is collected

Reservoir

Capability, being good at something

Adeptness

Charlie Chaplin’s last American film

Limelight

Equal opportunity for winning or losing

Even break

Frank Lloyd Wright’s profession

Architect

Mark that shows exactly when a letter was posted

Date stamp

Polish for footwear

Shoeshine

Short-term, not lasting forever

Temporary

Shrove Tuesday in certain German-speaking places

Fastnacht

Spanish banking group named after a northern port

Santander

Yet to be sounded or explored

Unplumbed

A poker tournament’s first words: “__ up and deal”

Shuffle

Arranged, ordered in A-Z sequence

Indexed

British company famous for waxy jackets

Barbour

Henri __ painted The Snail

Matisse

Metallic element, makes strong teeth and bones

Calcium

Nick Jonas’ first single to crack the top 10

Jealous

One who keeps notes on daily happenings

Diarist

She plays Joan Watson in Elementary

Lucy liu

Small fragrant S African flower used in bouquets

Freesia

Spring __; young poultry, or even a young human

Chicken

Stems from, originates from

Derives

__ the clock; waste time unnecessarily

Run down

Arguable

Debatable

Dried red fruit that boosts the immune system

Goji berry

Exactly the same

Identical

Helper

Assistant

Plant varieties developed by breeding

Cultivars

Song by Lana Del Rey and a classic of the closet

Blue jeans

Suggested rules for office attire

Dress code

The Netherlands’ capital

Amsterdam

They are sent in to deal with failing institutions

Receivers

Throat and stomach connector

Esophagus

Transparent scale over a snake’s eye

Spectacle

Africa’s leading coffee-producing country

Ethiopia

Anatomical term for the jawbone

Mandible

Bespoke, custom-made suit

Tailored

Cartoon hero from Krypton

Superman

Conspirators

Plotters

Craving, desire, longing

Yearning

Female who is no longer married

Divorcee

Greek baked casserole of eggplant and ground meat

Moussaka

John __, the voice of Bolt

Travolta

Pops like a bonfire

Crackles

Tennessee __ wrote New Orleans play Vieux Carré

Williams

Trumpet sounds to signal arrivals

Fanfares

With more tempestuous weather, by comparison

Stormier

A __ to India, 1920’s independence movement

Passage

Acerbic replies

Retorts

Birds that gobble, like huge chickens

Turkeys

Blood, frogs, lice, etc.: the ten __ of Egypt

Plagues

Cold Russian place, the epitome of state exile

Siberia

Describes a large hessian bag loaded to the top

Sackful

Italian painter who died on Good Friday at age 37

Raphael

Lingerie company “has a bra for the way you are”

Triumph

Patio

Terrace

Perfume family with herbaceous, green scents

Fougere

Pours red wine into a glass jug

Decants

Scared __; absolutely petrified

Witless

Social gatherings of revelry, drinking and dancing

Parties

Started to tire and slow down

Flagged

Violent confrontations

Clashes

“Father of Country Music”: yodeler Jimmie __

Rodgers

Artist in clays, marble and bronzes

Sculptor

Dark brown vinegar from Italy

Balsamic

Exercise good for raising the heart rate

Aerobics

Is equal with

Compares

Largest city in Sudan, on the White Nile

Khartoum

Loom-fitting and the patterned fabric made on it

Jacquard

Necklaces of flowers

Garlands

On __; falling, slipping, e.g. prices

The slide

Regular hospital process of kidney filtration

Dialysis

Remains beyond the agreed date

Outstays

State whose capital is named for 16th US president

Nebraska

The highest surfaces of houses

Rooftops

__ Ford is Han Solo, Indiana Jones and Jack Ryan

Harrison

Bad luck; witchcraft

Hoodoo

Curving in flight

Arcing

Gladys __ sang the theme song to Licence to Kill

Knight

It stands for S in the NATO phonetic alphabet

Sierra

Italian writer, wrote the lives of famous artists

Vasari

Mille __, endurance car race of 1000 miles

Miglia

Munches loudly

Chomps

New Orleans NFL team

Saints

Son of Shaphat and disciple of Elijah

Elisha

Star system with two stars orbiting each other

Binary

The heavens __; it started raining hard

Opened

Wide sleeve cut with the body of the garment

Dolman

With no doubt

Surely

Youngest Simpson girl

Maggie

A movie that rehashes a previous film version

Remake

Anagram of envied

Endive

Another word for lavatory

Toilet

Gene __, singer of Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa

Pitney

Rebellion, turmoil

Unrest

Sauce for Eggs Provencal

Tomato

Seek, desire, wish

Aspire

Signal light on a hill

Beacon

Silly __, when newspapers publish daft stories

Season

Straw hat

Boater

Tech brand that produces the IdeaPad

Lenovo

When lacking insulin, your body produces this

Ketone

__ beech; ornamental tree with purple leaves

Copper

Becoming tired, losing energy and enthusiasm

Flagging

Biggest sheet on a ship

Mainsail

Botanical item in a container at home

Pot plant

Cool __, Paul Newman starred as a convict

Hand luke

Costs incurred by a company like energy, workforce

Expenses

Crossover hit for Ronnie Milsap: __ in My House

Stranger

Every woman is someone’s __

Daughter

Flat, battered, fried things

Fritters

Games devices, e.g. PlayStation, Xbox

Consoles

Hard cylindrical pillow supports in bed

Bolsters

His book inspired Communism

Karl marx

Honeycomb cells are these shapes

Hexagons

Hound of Hades, multi-headed canine

Cerberus

More empty, unfilled

Hollower

Priest’s daughter in the Bible who married Moses

Zipporah

Shoes primarily designed for sports

Sneakers

Swept-over men’s hairstyle for covering baldness

Combover

Too nippy for swimming; once called the German Sea

North sea

Underage, young

Juvenile

__ learning course, remote access to education

Distance

A newborn’s wardrobe

Layette

Charles M. Schulz comic

Peanuts

European 20th century avant-garde art movement

Dadaism

Formally accused of a crime

Charged

Give Peace a Chance, protest song of the __ War

Vietnam

Hitting a golf ball on a green

Putting

Jennifer Garner played this Daredevil assassin

Elektra

Makes bubbles from soap

Lathers

Minor, unlucky happenings

Mishaps

Native American who assisted Pilgrims

Squanto

Planet impacted by a comet in July, 1994

Jupiter

Rajasthan, India, annual camel and livestock fair

Pushkar

Sticky sugar syrup for baking

Treacle

The Basketball __; 1995 drama starring DiCaprio

Diaries

The letter D in HDL and LDL cholesterol

Density

The same as brain trust : __ cabinet

Kitchen

Chestnut-pigmented beer such as from Newcastle

Brown ale

Coen Brothers’ ransom movie The Big __

Lebowski

Example of

Instance

Finger accessory that can sense how someone feels

Mood ring

Flying and the air transport industry

Aviation

Forged designer merchandise

Knock off

Language app

Duolingo

Mournful bugle call

Last post

Occurred over and over again

Repeated

Painful, red growth, often caused by disease

Swelling

Pythagoras believed all numbers were this

Rational

Renew, completely redo

Overhaul

Seed-bearer of an evergreen tree

Pine cone

Talented racehorse, Derby winner in 1971

Mill reef

Tudor king, the only son of Henry VIII

Edward vi

__ Festival, UK file-sharing rock music festival

Download

__ monkeys; primates including baboons and gibbons

Old world

50 percent retail reduction

Half price

Another word for a watch, clock; conveys prestige

Timepiece

Area where your view is obstructed

Blind spot

Arthur’s Theme composer Burt __ won the 1982 Oscar

Bacharach

Chalk and pavement game with numbered squares

Hopscotch

Chemical treatment for killing insects on plants

Pesticide

Consummate; thoroughgoing

Outandout

Fight, tussle or struggle

Scrimmage

Large falcon with a ferocious high-speed dive

Peregrine

Medieval wavy sword

Flamberge

Players who move balls with lots of short kicks

Dribblers

Protagonist of F Scott Fitzgerald’s Great novel

Jay gatsby

Reddish light on horizon opposite the Sun

Alpenglow

Seacrest’s Season 1 Idol cohost: Brian __

Dunkleman

Tall shoes from the 1970s

Platforms

1965 British espionage film: The __ File

Ipcress

Confiscate, seize, take away, like of a car

Impound

Cross your __ and hope for good luck

Fingers

Divine female, such as Hera

Goddess

Forgives officially

Pardons

Glued, stuck

Adhered

Its largest city (as of 2018) is Guayaquil

Ecuador

Made to order, like with a suit

Bespoke

Navigating hazards Arcade game

Frogger

Person who has a full season with the circus

Trouper

Plane departure

Take off

Playing the first shot in tennis

Serving

Process of producing soda ash invented in 1791

Leblanc

Sloped letters

Italics

Small ensemble music; can be played in large room

Chamber

Umbrella toting fictional character Mary __

Poppins

__ on, talking incessantly, in a fishlike manner

Carping

__ pan, grooved metal tray for roasting meat

Broiler

Change from public ownership

Privatize

Contents of a tooth, undergoes painful treatment

Root canal

Deep dish used to serve lettuce, cucumber, tomato

Salad bowl

Dutch __ Company; 17th-century traders

East india

In the Biblical show, Joseph has a Technicolor one

Dreamcoat

John Wayne’s headwear

Cowboy hat

Person making money from defrauding others

Racketeer

Polish national dance in 3/4 time

Polonaise

Said to a child who has fallen over

Upsy daisy

Someone who passes on knowledge to police

Informant

Speedy watercraft with powerful engine

Motorboat

The most petite, graceful

Daintiest

Villette was one of her novels: __ Bronte

Charlotte

Wake up too late

Oversleep

Went into detail, described

Explained

__ House, former home of Amsterdam’s diarist

Anne frank

Ancient language and peoples of the Mediterranean

Etruscan

Comfy seating device

Armchair

Flower-shaped badges awarded as prizes

Rosettes

Fungi that sound like they might contain chocolate

Truffles

Height of the ocean

Sea level

I __ lonely as a cloud, Wordsworth’s words

Wandered

Month when the US observes National Wear Red Day

February

Robert __; Forrest Gump director

Zemeckis

Stained with gore

Bloodied

Unable to think clearly

Confused

Unable to think or understand clearly

Confused

__ Airport Newquay or NQY

Cornwall

1990 Tim Burton movie, __ Scissorhands

Edward

Breed of tiger, second largest tiger in the world

Bengal

Elon Musk attended this Canadian university

Queens

Lee who played The Six Million Dollar Man

Majors

Minaret of an incomplete Moroccan mosque: __ Tower

Hassan

Mobile gate that allows water to flow under it

Sluice

Nationality of the composer Hector Berlioz

French

Part of a circle bounded by two radii

Sector

Piece of cotton used for sewing

Thread

Takes pleasure, appreciates

Enjoys

With hands on hips

Akimbo

__ Strip, Hollywood area of bars and nightclubs

Sunset

__ girl; young female in a bridal party

Flower

__ of the King, Tennyson’s ode to Camelot

Idylls

3D display

Diorama

Dark cherry used in desserts

Morello

Fabric strip, hangs down from around shirt collar

Necktie

Former Greek currency

Drachma

Heavy, coarse fabric used for stiffening garments

Buckram

Leap higher than someone

Outjump

Maiden voyage sinking ship inspiring a 1997 film

Titanic

Speaking in a rhythmic, sing-song accent

Lilting

The person who laughs last, laughs __

Longest

Windhoek is capital of this African country

Namibia

Wooden crates, often repurposed

Pallets

Wooden support, often repurposed

Pallets

Avoided capture

Escaped

Extending, revalidating, e.g. household insurance

Renewal

Identify clearly and precisely

Specify

Improve one’s mood

Cheer up

Japanese fast-food chain with a conveyor belt

Yo sushi

Loss of ability to process sensory information

Agnosia

Men’s hair stylists

Barbers

National dog of Malta: __ Hound

Pharaoh

Popular college toy originally from pie tins

Frisbee

Send a mail you’ve received on to someone else

Forward

__ Johnson, escapologist, half of Living Illusions

Kristen

__ Sunday, Christian festival 8 weeks after Easter

Trinity

__ You; first number 1 hit of the 1960s for Elvis

Stuck on

__ tweezers, laser beams to grab particles, atoms

Optical

“Fortification” mountain in Spain’s Sierra Nevada

Alcazaba

Drop without a parachute

Freefall

Got in the way, obstructed

Hampered

Mismatched clothing worn on the feet

Odd socks

Not kidding around, study of kidding

Kidology

Oil __, metal can for dribbling dressing on salads

Drizzler

Primp __, put on makeup, style hair

And preen

Prolonged period of higher than usual temperatures

Heat wave

Red __, Bass beer symbol seen in Manet painting

Triangle

Simultaneous Queen of England and Empress of India

Victoria

Terminator 2: __ Day

Judgment

The reverse of a vinyl disc

Flip side

Toothed device that engages with others

Cogwheel

__ of lips, like cartoon dogs before eating steaks

Smacking

80s, 90s family sitcom featuring the Olsen twins

Full house

Beguiled, delighted

Entranced

Desires are __ by delays

Nourished

Enchanted stick waved by a conjurer

Magic wand

Gradual increase in loudness of a piece of music

Crescendo

Gymnastics vault named after a Japanese gymnast

Tsukahara

New York Military Academy

West point

Sci-fi genre devoted to the Industrial Revolution

Steampunk

Strings, go through eyes/hooks in winter footwear

Bootlaces

Those who agree

Assenters

Type of restaurant most likely to serve palacsinta

Hungarian

Venomous marine reptiles that live in coral reefs

Sea snakes

A doctor with an alter ego, book character

Jekyll

All the elements of the physical world

Nature

Capital of the Marshall Islands

Majuro

Curdled milk that’s eaten as a dessert

Yogurt

Dental caps

Crowns

Flaps on the front of jackets covering the chest

Lapels

Michelle Obama’s profession pre-White House

Lawyer

Monks, e.g. Augustines, Dominicans or Franciscans

Friars

Paper receipt for using on a train or bus

Ticket

Robert __, Jr played Holmes in Guy Ritchie’s films

Downey

Sleazy, scary

Creepy

__ bombing, indiscriminate bombardment

Carpet

__ pip, or goodbye

Toodle

__ wheel; observation ride with capsules

Ferris

“From the library of”, label on special books

Ex libris

2018 film named for an email scam: __ Prince

Nigerian

Accented, with a balanced flow of sounds

Cadenced

Blouse with exaggerated tied neckline

Pussy bow

Calm, anagram of Swindles

Windless

Cooked in flame, like crepes suzette

Flambeed

Country __, they are unsophisticated types

Bumpkins

Cutting hair slightly

Trimming

Farmyard waker-uppers

Roosters

Rigid airship named after a German count

Zeppelin

Schools, informs

Educates

To be agitated or exhausted, troubled

Stressed

Fashionable wide pants and Italian word for palace

Palazzo

Handful of must-see game on an African safari

Big five

Heavyweight boxing pro Smokin’ Joe __

Frazier

Huey, Dewey and Louie to Donald Duck

Nephews

Large recesses in an indoor wall

Alcoves

Law Abiding __, Gerard Butler revenge movie

Citizen

Popeye likes this vegetable

Spinach

Scrabble __, stack letters on top of each other

Upwords

Sweden’s national parliament

Riksdag

TV show where three witch sisters battle evil

Charmed

To hit __, to find something important or valuable

Paydirt

Traditional plantation product of the US South

Tobacco

Turn in a circle

Revolve

__ Rainbow; song made famous by Judy Garland

Over the

A bird in the hand is worth two here

In the bush

Author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts…

Susan cain

Cellars

Basements

F1 motor racing championship race

Grand prix

French maker of stilettos with red soles

Louboutin

Gesture showing respect

Obeisance

Getting on a boat to leave

Embarking

Glittery sphere that clubbers dance under

Disco ball

In the Bleak __, carol with words by Rossetti

Midwinter

Keeps your hair dry in the bath or under sprinkler

Shower cap

Motion of a projectile

Ballistic

Not the author’s real name

Pseudonym

Notifying

Informing

Number of the century we’re living in now

Twenty one

Subantarctic island possessions of New Zealand

Antipodes

Thousands of billions

Trillions

Typical fungi, a white-spotted red mushroom

Fly agaric

__ Town, musical about New York’s bright lights

Wonderful

Actress born Betty Joan Perske, Lauren __

Bacall

Blow __ with a feather; expression of disbelief

Me down

Country where fashion designer Altuzarra was born

France

Fats __, jazz pianist and singer of Blueberry Hill

Domino

Fuels that include crude oil, coal and natural gas

Fossil

Perfumed oil or wax to smooth or sculpt hair

Pomade

Rouse from sleep

Wake up

Scarlet vulpine

Red fox

Sportspeople who enter water from springboards

Divers

Those who choose not to eat or use animal products

Vegans

Triple-barrelled __, weapon invented by Da Vinci

Cannon

__ Fair, stylish beauty magazine

Vanity

Artist who painted Boulevard Montmartre at Night

Pissarro

Authentic Greek restaurants

Tavernas

Baseball players far from the pitcher

Fielders

Book about a boy who can fly and never grows up

Peter pan

Cat face sensors

Whiskers

Convulsions, fits

Seizures

Damage, smashing, destruction

Breakage

Feminine hormone

Estrogen

Footwear that’s not old, bought recently

New shoes

Joan Jett, Cherie Currie, and Lita Ford’s band

Runaways

Once known as Constantinople; Turkish megacity

Istanbul

Open them to reveal the stage

Curtains

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ sensei

Splinter

Top up, e.g. battery levels

Recharge

WSOP final table, the __ Nine

November

__ policeman; alternative name for a speed bump

Sleeping

A person who acts for another in legal matters

Attorney

Annual Valencian tomato throwing festival

Tomatina

Burning logs for cooking over, near tents

Campfire

Celebrity, musician; e.g. Mick Jagger, David Bowie

Rock star

Large electric cooking pot used to cook slowly

Crock pot

Paddling a canoe-like boat on rivers or rapids

Kayaking

Permitting

Allowing

Rabbit’s surname in the John Updike novels

Angstrom

Rough or harsh, especially regarding a husky voice

Gravelly

Segregated suburb in South Africa during Apartheid

Township

TV station companies

Networks

The “one”, the person you’re meant to be with

Soulmate

The starting points of philosophical arguments

Premises

Treachery, disloyalty

Betrayal

Yellow flour made from maize

Cornmeal

__ pool; used for babies born in water

Birthing