CodyCross Science Lab Answers

Something open to everyone, not private.

Public

Stylized angel in art looks like a chubby toddler.

Cherub

Fertile farmland on which crops can be grown.

Arable

Elton John song about Cold War girl.

Nikita

Verdi opera about the Moor of Venice.

Otello

Agatha Christie’s spinster detective.

Marple

Stacey __, Tanya Roberts’ alias, A View to a Kill.

Sutton

Blue__, Icelandic thermal pool for bathing in.

Lagoon

Country that makes the cheese called Port Salut.

France

Compressed gases fire projectiles from this weapon.

Airgun

Picture puzzle broken up and then pieced together.

Jigsaw

Those who fled imprisonment.

Escapees

Mortadella and salami are these.

Sausages

Wealthy, prosperous.

Affluent

Poisonous or toxic.

Venomous

Military planning of war or a campaign.

Strategy

Trance-like state, taken from Greek god of sleep.

Hypnosis

Organized sailing or rowing events.

Regattas

Wilting, flopping.

Drooping

Black panther who is a mentor to Mowgli.

Bagheera

Soft-bodied cloth figures, sometimes homemade.

Rag dolls

Period of Palaeozoic when jawed fishes evolved.

Silurian

In or outdoor arenas upon which skaters perform.

Ice rinks

Creator of the Op Art movement, Victor __.

Vasarely

The O in IMHO, “in my humble __”.

Opinion

Killing a dragon.

Slaying

Play by Oscar Wilde: “The Importance of Being __”.

Earnest

Actor Fred __ was Ginger Rogers’ dance partner.

Astaire

Energy and strength shown over a long time.

Stamina

Michelangelo painted its ceiling: __ Chapel.

Sistine

The Moon covers the Sun in this Pink Floyd song.

Eclipse

Cancels out, counterbalances.

Offsets

A social blunder.

Faux pas

Term for a vascular land plant such as a spruce.

Conifer

Southernmost Scandinavian country.

Denmark

Bruce Willis stars in this action classic.

Die hard

Neptune satellite; nymph loved by Polyphemus.

Galatea

Display or exhibit.

Manifest

Study of wines, alcohol is part of the curriculum.

Oenology

Edible almond paste, can be shaped and dyed.

Marzipan

Queen’s star guitarist.

Brian may

Adoration, meaning you’d do anything for someone.

Devotion

Monty Python’s theatrical musical offering.

Spamalot

Enclosure that simulates a pet’s natural habitat.

Vivarium

Period of Greek decline after the Mycenaean era.

Dark ages

Traditional type of roof made of dried vegetation.

Thatched

High male singing voice, a la Bee Gees.

Falsetto

Town where Jesus lived as a child.

Nazareth

Denomination of reformer Martin’s followers.

Lutheran

Weapon wielded by David against Goliath.

Slingshot

Conflagration such as visited on Dresden in 1945.

Firestorm

Monarch who entrapped the Minotaur in a maze.

King minos

Colorful underwater habitat of tropical fish.

Coral reef

Lonely carnivore or character portrayed by Jackman.

Wolverine

Round, filled doughballs in Chinese cuisine.

Dumplings

Lucky.

Fortunate

Shakespearean family, enemies of the Capulets.

Montagues

To clandestinely listen to a private conversation.

Eavesdrop

Novel text read aloud, delivered in a recording.

Audiobook

Banned, prohibited.

Forbidden

Liquid used to make one smell pleasant.

Perfume

Use this machine to render documents from your PC.

Printer

Cretan-born Mannerist painter.

El greco

Written in a way that can be read clearly.

Legibly

Word formed by rearranging the letters of another.

Anagram

Plead with someone, beg them.

Implore

Italian fashion designer murdered in Miami Beach.

Versace

Plants or animals, result of crossing breeds.

Hybrids

Chopping down a tree.

Felling

Young person with exceptional abilities.

Prodigy

Costly crimson spice, toxic if consumed in excess.

Saffron

Amazon river mammal, known as boto or bufeo.

Dolphin

Becoming less intense, like a dying hurricane.

Abating

Probe that dove into Saturn’s atmosphere in 2017.

Cassini

Former Soviet leader, __ Gorbachev.

Mikhail

Smearing or rubbing something.

Smudging

Enrolled members of an army.

Recruits

Glands in the roof of mouth fight off infection.

Adenoids

1982’s Gandhi film star, Ben __.

Kingsley

Harshly critical.

Scathing

Person involved in a lawsuit.

Litigant

Microsoft’s file-hosting service.

Onedrive

Deserted, isolated, forlorn.

Desolate

Hungarian capital with two combined cities.

Budapest

Relating to the arteries that surround the heart.

Coronary

Don __, opera by Mozart about libertine Don Juan.

Giovanni

Soluble shells of medicine, to be swallowed.

Capsules

Passing date of validity.

Expiring

Triumphs, wins through.

Prevails

Roman emperor began construction of city walls.

Aurelian

Ireland’s flag is green, white and this color.

Orange

Outdoor barriers for privacy.

Fences

Bizet opera about the fate of a gypsy girl.

Carmen

Large shrimp or prawns.

Scampi

Goddess; Greece’s capital is named after her.

Athena

To be extremely dirty.

Filthy

Orange metallic element Cu.

Copper

Notoriety for bad deeds.

Infamy

__ of the Sun, film about Japanese internment camp.

Empire

Character in “Treasure Island”: Long John __.

Silver

Country with the largest Catholic population.

Brazil

To sign a treaty to make it valid.

Ratify

“City of Music” where Mozart lived.

Vienna

Pablo __, Spanish cellist and conductor.

Casals

Midpoint.

Halfway

Doctor __, Pasternak tale of revolutionary Russia.

Zhivago

Ruling family.

Dynasty

__ if You Can, Frank Abagnale Jr. story.

Catch me

Small Australian marsupial.

Wallaby

Two dimensional figure with six sides.

Hexagon

Biblical giant killed by David.

Goliath

Ancient Greek foot soldier with shield and spear.

Hoplite

Dessert topping of flour & butter, like sand.

Crumble

Tibetan Plateau river flows into Andaman Sea.

Salween

A theorist or speculator.

Idealogue

Agatha Christie West End murder-mystery play.

Mousetrap

Attacker who causes physical injury.

Assailant

In a rush, quickly.

Hurriedly

Best Actress Oscar winner for As Good as it Gets.

Helen hunt

Storage space for rusty, unwanted vehicles.

Scrapyard

Steps down from power as a monarch.

Abdicates

In legal terms, an example that is then followed.

Precedent

Undefeated ancient military leader: __ the Great.

Alexander

Farm animals are __, usually sold at markets.

Livestock

” __ a Week”, sang The Beatles.

Eight days

Reckless young adult, a hellraiser.

Wild child

Sylvester and __, cartoon cat and bird adversaries.

Tweety pie

Asking forcefully.

Demanding

Dutch painter who created many self-portraits.

Rembrandt

Containers for screws and hammers.

Tool boxes

He Who Must Not Be Named.

Voldemort

Surname of Spanish singers Julio and son, Enrique.

Iglesias

Italian city that its residents call Firenze.

Florence

Battle of 490 BC, and a running race in its honor.

Marathon

Highly regarded.

Esteemed

Queen who married Ferdinand and sponsored Columbus.

Isabella

One of eight babies from the same birth.

Octuplet

Making butter.

Churning

Flat wire clip for hair.

Bobby pin

Hand __, small explosive weapons thrown at enemies.

Grenades

Heroine of Shakespeare’s As You Like It.

Rosalind

Nickname of the Academy Awards for Film.

Oscars

Paris art museum with a glass pyramid.

Louvre

Smart.

Clever

Gone in 60 seconds.

Minute

Venomous snakes.

Adders

Secure place to leave clothes at the gym.

Locker

National flower of Mexico.

Dahlia

French form of the name Peter.

Pierre

Sacrificial move to gain advantage in chess.

Gambit

Capital city on the island of Taiwan.

Taipei

Interrupt a speech or on-stage performance.

Heckle

Mischievous tricks played by leprechauns.

Pranks

Helen __; social activist who was deaf and blind.

Keller

Food prepared according to Jewish dietary laws.

Kosher

__ bone, also stapes, found in the middle ear.

Stirrup

Sense Beethoven lost in his 30s.

Hearing

Tidal river mouth.

Estuary

A wide-brimmed hat, associated with cowboys.

Stetson

Fortress on high ground protecting a city.

Citadel

World-famous news agency based in London.

Reuters

Julia __, actress, won an Oscar as Erin Brockovich.

Roberts

Electric mixing machine with a powerful blade.

Blender

Raw fish, Japanese style (without rice).

Sashimi

Bent, dishonest.

Crooked

Ban a practice or law.

Abolish

Holds like a baby.

Cradles

__ Stone, helped decipher hieroglyphics.

Rosetta

More common name for Hansen’s disease.

Leprosy

Transmission mechanisms of motor vehicles.

Gearboxes

Forced removal of a child from school.

Expulsion

Officially agreeing, rubber stamping.

Approving

Large manmade water storage pool.

Reservoir

Fire and __ refers to the wrath of God.

Brimstone

Got rid of.

Discarded

Female star of La La Land.

Emma stone

Fruitfulness and fecundity.

Fertility

Woody Allen film, 1977 Best Picture Oscar winner.

Annie hall

Sociable birds that flock in murmurations.

Starlings

Invented language by Ludwik Zamenhof.

Esperanto

Greek sea god Poseidon took on this equine guise.

Stallion

Chucking, flinging, tossing.

Throwing

The early signs of dentition.

Teething

Steely nickname for Margaret Thatcher.

Iron lady

Unexpected attacks by soldiers.

Ambushes

Ellen Ripley’s spacecraft in Alien.

Nostromo

Thick pureed fruit or veggies energy drink.

Smoothie

British soldiers in the US War of Independence.

Redcoats

Ocean where the Falklands Islands are located.

Atlantic

Month of Valentines.

February

Sorcerer in “The Tempest”.

Prospero

Opposite of casual.

Formal

Bring back to life.

Revive

Elton John song: “Tiny __”.

Dancer

Avoids, steers clear of.

Averts

World’s oldest and most widely used type of nut.

Almond

__ & Delilah, Biblical tale of a harmful haircut.

Samson

Olympic sword competitor.

Fencer

Two Young Girls at the Piano, by Pierre-Auguste __.

Renoir

Cried out like a wounded dog.

Yelped

Mother __, Albanian nun famous for charity work.

Teresa

Show of open disobedience; digging in.

Defiance

Removing the shell.

Shucking

What the Rolling Stones had for the devil.

Sympathy

Hound that keeps wooly ruminants in check.

Sheepdog

Magic hall where Odin keeps the dead he chooses.

Valhalla

Bogota is this country’s capital.

Colombia

Classification system of organisms in biology.

Taxonomy

Religion with a Festival of Lights called Diwali.

Hinduism

Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Phoebe and Joey.

Friends

Advisors, anagram of monster.

Mentors

Nationality of someone from Port-au-Prince.

Haitian

__Letter, tale of adultery by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Scarlet

Followed secretly, illegally by someone.

Stalked

The act of making holes in the ground with a spade.

Digging

One of Seven Deadly Sins, means “greed”.

Avarice

Unsubstantiated rumor shared by others.

Hearsay

Medical term for lower back pain.

Lumbago

Country where women may wear a tunic called ao dai.

Vietnam

Where a Formula 1 car has a tire change.

Pit stop

Art of public speaking in an elegant, formal way.

Oratory

Touches hand to cap like a soldier.

Salutes

Perceive.

Discern

Kitchen tools with flat end for scraping out bowls.

Spatulas

Pretending, falsifying.

Feigning

Resignation, endurance of pain without complaining.

Stoicism

Crushes a piece of paper.

Crumples

Graphic illustrations that explain a concept.

Diagrams

Christ the __, Rio de Janeiro hilltop statue.

Redeemer

The big red dog.

Clifford

Mosaic tiles on the floors of villas in ancient Rome.

Tesserae

“Beauty is in the eye of the __”.

Beholder

Voting in somebody democratically.

Electing

Inflammation of the bladder.

Cystitis

Having an imposing frontage (of a building).

Edificial

Quip or clever remark.

Witticism

Breathed in, inhaled.

Aspirated

Astronomical instrument from Hellenistic world.

Astrolabe

Prescribed or required by etiquette or fashion.

De rigueur

Mixes eggs and cooks in pan.

Scrambles

Binding; supportive bandages.

Strapping

Watchfulness, alertness.

Vigilance

Business, commercial, trading.

Corporate

Heated box to keep fertilized chicken eggs warm.

Incubator

Modest and shy.

Demure

Large garden spade used for planting a tree.

Shovel

Joining of two businesses.

Merger

TV series with laughs.

Sitcom

Seamus __, Nobel laureate famous for Beowulf work.

Heaney

For whom Miss Piggy pines.

Kermit

Groups of political plotters or conspirators.

Cabals

Set off a rocket.

Launch

Iron __, rockers named after a device of torture.

Maiden

Instructions for cooking, a list of ingredients.

Recipe

Pulled something heavy or cumbersome.

Lugged

Name for a group of tigers.

Ambush

To look over the items in a collection.

Curate

A duck’s walk.

Waddle

Largest island in Thailand.

Phuket

Tiny Tim’s surname in “A Christmas Carol”.

Cratchit

Intended as discipline, a hardship.

Punitive

Stubborn or obstinate.

Obdurate

In plentiful supply.

Abundant

Five-sided shape.

Pentagon

Seriousness, solemnity, sober.

Gravitas

Volcano that destroyed Pompei: Mount __.

Vesuvius

Banned or forbidden.

Outlawed

Greek hero of the Trojan War.

Diomedes

Essential ropes that release parachutes.

Ripcords

South African city, home to Table Mountain.

Cape town

Feeling happy, bright and buoyant.

Cheerful

Hard, Italian cheese for grating on pasta.

Parmesan

Time of day when roads are busy.

Rush hour

Broken, injured.

Damaged

The “Two Gentlemen of Verona”: Valentine and __.

Proteus

Hole in the ground for petroleum harvesting.

Oil well

Round ocular organ, positioned under a lid.

Eyeball

Ten-sided shape.

Decagon

A bird’s feathers.

Plumage

Rope used for lowering or raising a sail.

Halyard

A ruler of ancient Egypt, term means “Great House”.

Pharaoh

Greek city, the site of an ancient canal.

Corinth

Photos taken with the camera facing towards you.

Selfies

Seeing glass worn in one eye.

Monocle

Father of Odysseus; Penelope weaves his shroud.

Laertes

Country where Doberman Pinschers originated.

Germany

Solved a mystery, arrived at a conclusion.

Deduced

Venetian cocktail of Prosecco and peach nectar.

Bellini

French Post-impressionist created The Card Players.

Cezanne

Roman emperor with column and forum in Rome.

Trajan

Batter’s head protection in baseball.

Helmet

Father or mother.

Parent

Large bodies of water becoming polluted by plastic.

Oceans

Something that holds up well; strong.

Sturdy

Hang around in the air, like a bad smell.

Linger

Short-range cannon, sounds like brickwork element.

Mortar

Printer that fires droptlets of fluid onto paper.

Inkjet

Two-legged creatures.

Bipeds

King of the jungle, his consort is Jane.

Tarzan

Person after whom a discovery is named.

Eponym

Words in singing, rather than the instrumentation.

Vocals

Teeter totter.

Seesaw

Walt __, creator of Mickey Mouse.

Disney

River running through Amsterdam and a beer brand.

Amstel

Global.

Universal

Soldier paid to fight for a foreign army.

Mercenary

Amazon-owned website for book reviews.

Goodreads

Cooperative interactions.

Synergies

Gem term for pyrites, popular with the Victorians.

Marcasite

Filling with wind and moving like a sail.

Billowing

Fairy that dances in Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker.

Sugar plum

Mythological king loved Aphrodite; play by GB Shaw.

Pygmalion

Volcanic explosions.

Eruptions

Talking about people and spreading rumors.

Gossiping

Suddenly upsetting.

Shocking

Soldiers’ quarters, often temporary.

Barracks

Keats poem about a shepherd loved by Selene.

Endymion

Liticaphobia is the fear of these.

Lawsuits

Honest, candid.

Truthful

Censored, obscured, edited.

Redacted

A less scientific name for the coccyx.

Tailbone

Island nation south of India.

Sri lanka

Inspecting your financial accounts.

Auditing

Poured delicately over, e.g. on a cake.

Drizzled

Musical film, winner of six Academy Awards in 2017.

La la land

Meadows for cattle grazing.

Pastures

Not a cynic.

Optimist

Canine’s master and provider.

Dog owner

Washes clothes.

Launders

Place where theater and cinema tickets are bought.

Box office

Disastrous events.

Tragedies

Paris __; 2015 international climate change accord.

Agreement

Espresso coffee with a small measure of milk.

Macchiato

Vaccine.

Injection

Amazonian queen killed by Hercules.

Hippolyta

Unconventional, strange.

Eccentric

Digs up, removes earth from.

Excavates

Reaching a goal.

Achieving

__ chant, Roman Catholic sacred music.

Gregorian

Burst into flames, perhaps spontaneously.

Combusted

The most thin, most svelte.

Skinniest

Preserved in a sacred place.

Enshrined

The Hunchback of __, Hugo’s Parisian love story.

Notre dame

North by __, Hitchcock movie with a crop duster.

Northwest

The most northern capital city in the world.

Reykjavik

Calm someone down, e.g. give baby a soother.

Pacify

Capital of Colombia.

Bogota

Sum paid for capturing someone.

Bounty

Spring flowers from bulbs grown in the Netherlands.

Tulips

Zodiac crustacean.

Cancer

Portray, illustrate.

Depict

Three-headed giant; owned oxen stolen by Hercules.

Geryon

Authoritarian government.

Regime

Winners, victors.

Champs

Fastest type of gait for a horse.

Gallop

Gland that plays a key role in T cell maturation.

Thymus

The sailors betray their captain.

Mutiny

Song by the Beatles: “Strawberry __ Forever”.

Fields

Become invisible.

Vanish

Rubbish, trash.

Garbage

Legendary first king and founder of Rome.

Romulus

He keeps the riffraff out of night clubs.

Bouncer

Relating to earthquakes or other Earth vibrations.

Seismic

Dead animals collectors attach to a pinboard.

Insects

Baked breakfast cereal of oats, fruit and nuts.

Granola

Professional that fixes pipes and drains.

Plumber

Lack of success.

Failure

Team that changes tires on a racing car.

Pit crew

Country home to historical region of Transylvania.

Romania

To divide into three equal parts.

Trisect

Rules over people.

Governs

Interfering, poking one’s nose in.

Meddling

Fictional doctor who talks to animals.

Dolittle

French wine region stretching from Dijon to Mâcon.

Burgundy

Karachi was once capital of this Asian nation.

Pakistan

Attire for skinny dippers: __ suit.

Birthday

Major island of Indonesia, formerly Celebes.

Sulawesi

Very young trees.

Saplings

Brass instrument with a slide.

Trombone

Deep abyss and prison for the Titans in Greek myth.

Tartarus

Fighting.

Brawling

Obstacles or hindrances.

Setbacks

L-shaped hexagonal tool for furniture assembly.

Allen key

First female UK prime minister, Margaret __.

Thatcher

Weightlifting poles.

Barbells

__ League; junior baseball organization.

Little

Pouches on either side of the face, for blusher.

Cheeks

Street musician who collects money.

Busker

Make larger or longer.

Extend

Method of trading before currency.

Barter

Records.

Albums

Explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean.

Balboa

The republic at the center of The Handmaid’s Tale.

Gilead

Coniferous trees, maybe seen in Lebanon.

Cedars

Disappointment.

Dismay

First country to require unsold food be donated.

France

Uttered by Archimedes and the solution to problems.

Eureka

Bullying or annoying online.

Trolling

Music shows.

Concerts

Branch of science relating to the study of cells.

Cytology

Places where people live in groups.

Communes

Opposite of emptiness.

Fullness

Marks on the body resembling crucifixion wounds.

Stigmata

Almond paste, modeled or used to top cakes.

Marzipan

Carotenoid responsible for a tomato’s red color.

Lycopene

Blood protein that fights infections.

Antibody

Immense and gigantic expanse.

Vastness

Shrinking from a strike to the body.

Flinching

Putting text another way.

Rewording

Ancient Babylonian set of written laws: Code of __.

Hammurabi

Spoken with emotion or imagination.

Lyrically

Strengthened, reinforced.

Fortified

Winter projectiles.

Snowballs

2017 Best Film Oscar, and no, it wasn’t La La Land.

Moonlight

Latin expression meaning “seize the day”.

Carpe diem

Windy weather in the desert.

Sandstorm

Chanterelle, Criimini, and Portobello, for example.

Mushrooms

Happy and at ease.

Contented

Hidden by leprechauns at the end of a rainbow.

Pot of gold

Variety, assortment.

Diversity

Middle front waist, exposed in cut-off tops.

Midriff

Folded-over pizza with filling inside.

Calzone

Money given to a writer before a book’s completion.

Advance

French Mediterranean island.

Corsica

Tanned, sunkissed.

Bronzed

Indifferent, detached.

Offhand

Son of Uranus; also Saturn’s third largest moon.

Iapetus

Extreme irrational fears.

Phobias

Wedding anniversary celebrated after 60 years.

Diamond

“Like a Virgin” singer.

Madonna

External layer in an early embryo.

Ectoderm

Egg white desserts that rise and then fall.

Souffles

Conceit, complacency, arrogance.

Smugness

State of unconsciousness.

Oblivion

System of national highways in Germany.

Autobahn

Small, strong black cup of coffee.

Espresso

Trying hard, working hard.

Striving

Obsession, fascination with something.

Fixation

Without a cable.

Cordless

Order, command.

Instruct

Country whose name means rich coast.

Costa rica

Breakdown of food in the body.

Digestion

Making a heartfelt request against a decision.

Appealing

Silver, shiny long fish with fang-like teeth.

Barracuda

Ecstatic, enthusiastic.

Rapturous

Dial 3 numbers for this medical emergency vehicle.

Ambulance

To dry completely.

Desiccate

Deeply upsetting.

Traumatic

Faulty, imperfect.

Defective

Thin slices of raw meat or fish, with lemon or oil.

Carpaccio

Verdi opera about a hunchback jester.

Rigoletto

Rivers and canals are examples of these.

Waterways

__ pants, MC’s baggy trousers, like harem pants.

Hammer

Of work or a job that doesn’t require much skill.

Menial

Throws, discards.

Chucks

Stephen King book, teen doused in pig’s blood.

Carrie

Addictive painkiller.

Opioid

Need for liquid.

Thirst

World’s second smallest continent in area.

Europe

Musée __, Paris museum with impressionist artworks.

Dorsay

Young birds of prey: tawny, little or barn.

Owlets

Legal.

Lawful

Snarl up, like hair.

Tangle

Language of the Communist Manifesto.

German

James Dean’s character in Rebel Without a Cause.

Jim stark

Projectile fragments that wound.

Shrapnel

A driver or putter.

Golf club

T-shaped device for washing windows.

Squeegee

Lazy like an Amazon creature or deadly sin.

Slothful

Repurposed, used again.

Recycled

Lover of Troilus, written about by Shakespeare.

Cressida

Hindu women wear a bindi on this part of the face.

Forehead

Warm whiskey drink with honey, lemon and spices.

Hot toddy

Clothing made of wool.

Knitwear

Hides something from sight.

Conceals

Capital of Botswana.

Gaborone

African country whose name means “free” in Latin.

Liberia

Sloping, inclined.

Slanted

Magi or three kings.

Wise men

It’s the early bird that catches __.

The worm

Tools for nailing.

Hammers

Human body part at front between wrist and elbow.

Forearm

Use these for crushing ingredients in mortars.

Pestles

Hot cream and chocolate sauce.

Ganache

Star Wars sandy pit with mouth and beaked tongue.

Sarlacc

A long bristle on a cat’s face.

Whisker

Preceded with an introduction.

Prefaced

Large and stately homes.

Mansions

Trapped on an island.

Marooned

Small pieces of wood used to start a fire.

Kindling

City from which Paul escaped in a basket.

Damascus

To remove a limb in a surgical operation.

Amputate

Fleet of ships or boats.

Flotilla

__ carrier, naval vessel that launches planes.

Aircraft

The Southern Hemisphere’s most populous city.

Sao paulo

Algebraic expression of the sum of two terms.

Binomial

Writer of song words.

Lyricist

Makes food in advance.

Precooks

Dedicated.

Committed

One who doesn’t arrive on time.

Latecomer

Made larger or louder.

Amplified

One of six babies from the same birth.

Sextuplet

French term for a highly reduced stock.

Demi glace

Cheats, conmen.

Swindlers

Nations’ symbols hang from these.

Flagpoles

To enlighten or enchant.

Enrapture

Body of water between China and Korean peninsula.

Yellow sea

Belief that divine union is achieved by intuition.

Mysticism

Regretful, remorseful.

Repentant

Initial station on a baseball diamond.

First base

Straightens, removes the kinks.

Untwists

Booked tickets in advance.

Reserved

Omnipotent.

Almighty

Nemesis of the Smurfs.

Gargamel

Lofty tightrope.

High wire

Mythological serpent that kills with a stare.

Basilisk

Deep ditches used during war.

Trenches

Blessing in __, something that turns out ok.

Disguise

Band fronted by Chris Martin.

Coldplay

Only ancient Egyptians allowed to eat mushrooms.

Pharaohs

Part of speech: implicit comparison.

Metaphor

Disease-causing cells, found e.g. in your gut.

Bacteria

The right to vote in elections.

Suffrage

Mentally prepared someone for a task.

Psyched

Popular Italian chocolate spread with hazelnuts.

Nutella

Goes against someone.

Opposes

Last major taxonomic group, after genus.

Species

Too close for __.

Comfort

Long locks of hair.

Tresses

How Bond likes his martinis: shaken, not __.

Stirred

Land, topography.

Terrain

Treaty of __, sought WWI peace with Hungary.

Trianon

Verify.

Confirm

Used by Adam to hide his modesty.

Fig leaf

Written words for a theater play.

Script

Spoken intention of harming someone.

Threat

“I’m going to make him an offer he can’t __”.

Refuse

To have a strong effect on someone.

Impact

Helen __, who played The Queen.

Mirren

Nurse’s uniform; cleans the floor.

Scrubs

Hesitates, waits briefly.

Pauses

Where skiers ski.

Slopes

Specialist language, hard for others to understand.

Jargon

Syrian site of deadly earthquake of 1138.

Aleppo

Make __ when you say cheers/clink glasses.

Toasts

Al __, who starred in Scarface.

Pacino

Greek deities, companions of Dionysus, god of wine.

Satyrs

Plant affliction, plague.

Blight

Of a choir.

Choral

Italian city where you can take a gondola ride.

Venice

Later; at a subsequent time.

Afterward

It enables tots to sit at the table.

High chair

Damage to coral reefs by excessively warm water.

Bleaching

City that presents the Nobel prize for literature.

Stockholm

Unfastening, separating.

Detaching

Tennis court markings for doubles play.

Tramlines

Founder of Amazon.

Jeff bezos

Medical term for nerve pain.

Neuralgia

German pen maker and French-Italian mountain.

Montblanc

Explosives designed to be buried under the surface.

Land mines

Queen has an epiphany with this song.

Breakthru

Black-and-white spotted dog breed.

Dalmatian

Polish capital with the Latin name Varsovia.

Warsaw

__ and blues, or R&B, music style out of the US.

Rhythm

Textile.

Fabric

Distort, disfigure.

Deform

Dangerous tricks on a movie set.

Stunts

Economical with money.

Frugal

Relating to or emanating from the stars.

Astral

Defeated country in the Battle of Buena Vista.

Mexico

“Smile, you’re on __ Camera!”.

Candid

Split into portions.

Divide

State of tranquility and calm.

Repose

Maya __; inspirational human rights poet.

Angelou

Longed for.

Yearned

Routes carved through rocks for cars.

Tunnels

Capital of the Falkland Islands.

Stanley

Jiminy __, friend of Pinocchio.

Cricket

One who makes bets.

Gambler

Provisons in a contract.

Clauses

Children’s Vitamin D deficiency disease.

Rickets

Nastro __, beer by the Italian Peroni brewery.

Azzurro

Groups of geese.

Gaggles

Try to achieve.

Attempt

Ounces in a pound.

Sixteen

Windows 10’s personal assistant by Microsoft.

Cortana

Word made from the letters of another.

Anagram

Australian capital.

Canberra

Mankind.

Humanity

London singer who saw the Writing’s on the Wall.

Sam smith

Engine part that supplies air or fuel to cylinders.

Manifold

Striking a bag with a fist.

Punching

Gas that constitutes almost 80% of Earth’s air.

Nitrogen

Vast groups of stars.

Galaxies

Harry Potter’s favorite gal pal.

Hermione

Entering a place unwanted, as an army.

Invading

Fiery Spanish dance.

Flamenco

Large, one-off payments, not small, regular ones.

Lump sums

Juliet’s family name in Shakespeare’s play.

Capulet

Odd, rare objects from foreign countries.

Exotica

Hotel refreshment box.

Minibar

Small immature tree.

Sapling

“Renaissance” literally means this.

Rebirth

Where the train pulls into.

Station

Material used in ancient Egypt for writing.

Papyrus

Italian dumplings of potato and semolina.

Gnocchi

Four players on court in tennis.

Doubles

A home-delivered shopping parcel.

Package

Greek goddess of the hunt; Diana to the Romans.

Artemis

Trinidadian dance music; also a sea nymph.

Calypso

Exactly the same.

Identical

Jamaican sprinter who retired in 2017.

Usain bolt

Substances put into food during processing.

Additives

Those responsible for wicked deeds.

Evildoers

Person whose power comes from their wealth.

Plutocrat

Blue-green color and gemstone used in jewelry.

Turquoise

Well-respected.

Reputable

Large autonomous community in southern Spain.

Andalusia

Play it in your VCR.

Videotape

Careful, these sea creatures can sting you!.

Jellyfish

Smothering a noise.

Muffling

Objective, a balanced view.

Unbiased

__ Luke, Newman goes to jail in 1967 film.

Cool hand

Prolonged period of higher than usual temperatures.

Heat wave

French term for goodbye.

Au revoir

Obtaining from suppliers.

Sourcing

Nationality of Manny Pacquiao and Imelda Marcos.

Filipino

Throws away.

Discards

Contained areas for kids to have fun.

Playpens

Ex-British colony, Southern __; currently Zimbabwe.

Rhodesia

People responsible for a crime.

Culprits

Genesis album uses just three alphabetical letters.

Abacab

Raised up, elevated something.

Lifted

A noisy coward is all bark and __.

No bite

What the director shouts to start filming.

Action

Name of Angelina and Brad’s first biological child.

Shiloh

Repeat broadcasts of TV series.

Reruns

Stage of development of unhatched offspring.

Embryo

Outdoor eating excursion.

Picnic

Italian island used as a prison by Mussolini.

Ustica

Bent metal wire for fastening papers.

Staple

Monet painted __ over a Pond of Water Lilies.

Bridge

Pedaled on two wheels.

Cycled

Watery patches on the ground for splashing in.

Puddles

A flow of water in a particular direction.

Current

Plant that frogs sit on in a pond.

Lily pad

Doesn’t give in to temptation.

Resists

Italian crisp pastry filled with sweet cheese.

Cannoli

Vincent __, post-impressionist Starry Night artist.

Van gogh

Envious.

Jealous

Fictional setting of The Princess Diaries.

Genovia

Three-pronged fork carried by Poseidon.

Trident

Harbors where yachts are kept.

Marinas

Precious violet quartz used in jewelry.

Amethyst

Beer made at your place.

Home brew

Intestinal parasite from eating infected pork.

Tapeworm

Backup plan.

Failsafe

Scary creature found on old cathedrals.

Gargoyle

Make the first move.

Initiate

Cosmetic surgery to alter the visage.

Facelift

High flat areas of land.

Plateaus

Low, stagnant mood.

Doldrums

Lloyd Webber Evita hit, Don’t __ Argentina.

Cry for me

Depraved Biblical place destroyed by God.

Gomorrah

TV series created by Gene Roddenberry, with Spock.

Star trek

Branch of math: points, lines, shapes, surfaces.

Geometry

Great victories.

Triumphs

A ball spins to land on black or red on this wheel.

Roulette

Quirky street fashion style of Tokyo fashionistas.

Harajuku

Device with spinning discs mounted on an axis.

Gyroscope

Tripwire.

Booby trap

Soaked meat in flavored liquid.

Marinated

Turn one on in the dark.

Light bulb

Ferocious dog such as in the Sherlock Holmes tale.

Hellhound

The holding of severe religious views.

Extremism

Coordination of a complex military operation.

Logistics

Another name for Shrove Tuesday; Fat Tuesday.

Mardi gras

Intense weather event with precipitation.

Rainstorm

Racing of bikes that run on gas.

Motocross

What you drink your morning brew from.

Coffee cup

Drooled, dribbled, slobbered.

Salivated

Small sacs, cavities that surround hair roots.

Follicles

Worship, veneration.

Adulation

Not clear enough to be read or understood.

Illegible

Vagrants or drifters.

Vagabonds

Narrow or taper to a point (e.g. of a leaf).

Acuminate

Toughen, solidify.

Harden

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one.

Comedy

Precious gem; one of December’s birthstones.

Zircon

Small Balkan state declared independence in 2008.

Kosovo

Less cold.

Warmer

Basket for dirty clothes.

Hamper

Lexus is the luxury car division of this car maker.

Toyota

Edible bivalve found in rockpools.

Mussel

Swing the bat and miss a delivery in baseball.

Strike

Straw hat.

Boater

Green film over copper, appears over time.

Patina

Thinks deeply and sadly.

Broods

Long boards of wood, walked on by bad pirates.

Planks

Educational institutions for pupils.

Schools

Rotting plant matter enriches soil in the garden.

Compost

Rights a wrong on behalf of someone.

Avenges

A sea; largest inland body of water in the world.

Caspian

__ Fields, where virtuous Greeks spent eternity.

Elysian

Worried about something.

Nervous

Mysteries, puzzles.

Enigmas

To mark with many small dots, specks.

Stipple

River that Julius Caesar crossed to get to Rome.

Rubicon

The __, Spielberg’s movie with kids and pirates.

Goonies

Spice Girls debut single.

Wannabe

Lewis Carroll’s real surname.

Dodgson

You pull them; jokes, mottoes, party hats included.

Crackers

Canceled a law.

Repealed

Traditional Scottish instrument.

Bagpipes

Actions that boost one’s self-esteem.

Egotrips

Recorded line of ancestry.

Pedigree

International police organization based in France.

Interpol

Engravings, impressions, inscriptions.

Etchings

Augustus’ immediate successor.

Tiberius

Sequence of main events in a narrative.

Plotline

Electronic structured storage of information.

Database

Like a dog retrieving a ball.

Fetching

Goat and sheep’s milk grilling cheese from Cyprus.

Halloumi

Open storage for books.

Shelving

Planned schedule of events, lessons, flights etc.

Timetable

The state of being supplied with enough water.

Hydration

Sunken area where houses are sucked underground.

Sinkholes

Removing someone’s weapons.

Disarming

Of clothes that are exceedingly close-fitting.

Skintight

Sweet treat also known as cinder toffee.

Honeycomb

Detached using a tool to remove metal pin.

Unscrewed

English musician Thom Yorke’s band.

Radiohead

Declaring illegal.

Outlawing

Game to find a list of elusive items: __ Hunt.

Scavenger

Steamship that rescued passengers of the Titanic.

Carpathia

Statement of terms, final demand.

Ultimatum

Trimming a sheep’s wool.

Shearing

Captivating, entrancing.

Hypnotic

Desire for food, a healthy hunger.

Appetite

__ Jones, starred in Men in Black.

Tommy lee

Long and untidy, e.g. hair.

Straggly

Stunts pulled on a bike with its front in the air.

Wheelies

Cultural celebration; summer music event.

Festival

Climb over fortifications in a military attack.

Escalade

Jamaican capital with royal name.

Kingston

Harp-like zither from ancient Greece.

Psaltery

Dance portrayed by Degas’ models.

Ballet

Insult for someone who isn’t smart.

Stupid

__ Spaniel or American __ Spaniel, sporting dogs.

Cocker

Dark, sultry eye makeup look.

Smokey

“The Barber of Seville” title character’s name.

Figaro

To shape by molding or carving.

Sculpt

Fruit of the vine, used in wine-making.

Grapes

Series of battle campaigns in 1941 in Libya.

Tobruk

Portuguese capital, on the River Tagus.

Lisbon

Pinocchio, a tale about a __ boy.

Wooden

Ruth Handler’s creation, named after her daughter.

Barbie

Demand’s better half.

Supply

Baseball player that faces the pitcher.

Batter

Propels with a finger.

Flicks

“Two __ don’t make a right”.

Wrongs

Excessive pride in one’s appearance.

Vanity

Jury decisions.

Verdicts

Affectionate but not romantic friendship.

Platonic

Took delight in or looked forward to a challenge.

Relished

Without any marks from healed wounds.

Scarless

Male horse used for breeding.

Stallion

Items that are won or earned, e.g. cups, awards.

Trophies

Edge-to-edge line going through the center of a circle.

Diameter

Burning via a hot or boiling liquid.

Scalding

Strap yourself in and prepare for the ride.

Buckle up

Trade show for publications.

Book fair

Furniture for sleeping one on top of the other.

Bunk beds

The Grand __ Hotel, directed by Wes Anderson.

Budapest

Belgian and EU capital.

Brussels

Lately, not long ago.

Recently

Main religion of the Philippines.

Catholic

Appointment of friends to positions of power.

Cronyism

Daughter of Helen of Troy and Menelaus in myth.

Hermione

The intrinsic quality of something.

Essence

Rachel __, actress of Mean Girls.

Mcadams

Got rid of, discarded.

Ditched

The bird where Hera placed the giant Argus’s eyes.

Peacock

Figure built outside in winter.

Snowman

Former stage name of Islam convert Yusuf: Cat __.

Stevens

Nervy, jumpy, on edge.

Jittery

Currency spent in Kabul and Kandahar.

Afghani

Nationality; a homonym of a synonym of “end”.

Finnish

Accumulates, stores up.

Accrues

Dark green lettuce typically used in Caesar salad.

Romaine

Metal spikes for cooking meat on barbecues.

Skewers

Sells meat.

Butcher

Stuck, glued.

Adhered

US state where Key Largo is found.

Florida

Electrical gizmos.

Gadgets

Moving up on the career ladder.

Promotion

Fluent, graceful manual skill.

Dexterity

The firsts, founding components.

Originals

Invisible UV rays transmitted by the sun.

Radiation

__ shift means working early hours or overnight.

Graveyard

Episodes or sudden occurrences of disease.

Outbreaks

Carving wood with a pocket knife.

Whittling

Henry Mancini won a 1962 Oscar for this lunar tune.

Moon river

How fast a gust or a breeze is blowing.

Wind speed

Pest control device for small rodents.

Mousetrap

Body position of a luge rider.

Feet first

Open dish for holding drink sweetener.

Sugar bowl

Strings go through eyes/hooks in winter footwear.

Bootlaces

Abandoning, fleeing.

Deserting

Type of charge carried by a proton.

Positive

Insulin secreting organ.

Pancreas

Frame for the feet attached to a horse’s saddle.

Stirrups

Birthplace of the entertainer Rihanna.

Barbados

The outer packaging of sweets.

Wrappers

Loyal, truthful daughter to her father King Lear.

Cordelia

Libyan city where 2 US facilities were attacked.

Benghazi

A matter of choice.

Optional

Verdi opera about a fallen woman, La __.

Traviata

Omission of part of a sentence.

Ellipsis

Short-legged cat named after French emperor.

Napoleon

Boasting.

Bragging

Childe __, US impressionist, painted Geraniums.

Hassam

Protein found in wheat grains.

Gluten

Medical word for the womb.

Uterus

Gave back loan money.

Repaid

Ill-tempered and moody.

Cranky

Anger, annoy someone.

Enrage

Two equal or nearly equal parts of a whole.

Halves

Canadian capital.

Ottawa

Roman philosophical writer and orator.

Cicero

Turn the volume back on.

Unmute

Ice huts built by the Inuit.

Igloos

Horse rider.

Jockey

Value of the shares issued by a company.

Equity

Fifty Shades of Grey star, Jamie __.

Dornan

Musician who wrote “I Shot the Sheriff”: Bob __.

Marley

Peanut housings.

Shells

Ghostly character in Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

Banquo

Tropical palm stems used to make garden chairs.

Rattan

Film editor’s completed product.

Final cut

Solutions to soothe ocular aches.

Eyedrops

Limited guarantee or assurance on goods.

Warranty

Replaced ammunition in empty gun.

Reloaded

Like animal hide.

Leathery

Tuneful, melodic.

Harmonic

Country whose capital is Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysia

Bear, abide, endure.

Tolerate

All-seeing, 100-eyed giant of Greek myth, Argos __.

Panoptes

Grapes that are easier to eat.

Seedless

To give advice.

Counsel

Military gestures of respect given to servicemen.

Salutes

Attach it to your back and you can fly.

Jetpack

Wife of King Henry II of England.

Eleanor

Muslim holy period marked by prayer and abstinence.

Ramadan

Person in charge of a starship and crew.

Captain

Sicilian capital city.

Palermo

Spanish hotel run by the government.

Parador

Fast and close Brazilian dance.

Lambada

Groaned like a floorboard.

Creaked

Survive longer than someone else.

Outlive

Moscow citadel, the seat of the Russian government.

Kremlin

Headgear worn on a building site.

Hard hat

Unkindness, viciousness.

Cruelty

Ocean containing an area called Ring of Fire.

Pacific

Hesitation, being careful about proceeding.

Caution

Small rodent wrongly known for jumping off cliffs.

Lemming

Visually __; experiencing less than perfect vision.

Impaired

Wonderful, magnificent, extraordinary.

Fabulous

Paying no heed.

Ignoring

Lawless and unruly, against the system.

Anarchic

To do with the Christian holy book.

Biblical

Not quite the color of snow, slightly grayish.

Off white

Mountain range separating France and Spain.

Pyrenees

Hard Italian almond biscuits, for coffee dunking.

Biscotti

Type of bird that was Harry Potter’s companion.

Snowy owl

Dark purple vegetable, also called aubergine.

Eggplant

Equal to 1,024 kilobytes.

Megabyte

Mixing with water to make less strong.

Diluting

Son of Helios, killed driving the sun chariot.

Phaethon

To jump off a piece of equipment on gymnastics.

Dismount

Fine wool fabric from Kashmir used in shawls.

Pashmina

British explorer who met Pocahontas.

John smith

Branch of botany concerning seaweeds, other algae.

Phycology

Pedestrian lanes.

Sidewalks

Basilica of the Sagrada Familia is in this city.

Barcelona

German language encyclopedia.

Brockhaus

Cultivating again.

Regrowing

Unrefined, unpolished.

Inelegant

Oscar-winning director for A Beautiful Mind.

Ron howard

Pasta sauce with pancetta, egg, and grated cheese.

Carbonara

Describes music with a single melodic line.

Monophony

Weather ritual to induce precipitation.

Rain dance

People are often caught “between a rock and a __”.

Hard place

Female massage therapists.

Masseuses

Sea creature of eight arms.

Octopus

Why apples fall.

Gravity

Tissues that work together to create movement.

Muscles

A Study in __, tale where Holmes and Watson meet.

Scarlet

Study of past events, a school subject.

History

Mollusc, rhymes with “phony”.

Abalone

Close-knit, unwelcoming groups of people.

Cliques

__ mori, in English “Remember: you will die”.

Memento

The four periods that a year is divided into.

Seasons

Brief cinematic shots showing passage of time.

Montage

Used to propel small boats, like oars.

Paddles

Flew somewhere quickly, in a group.

Flocked

Funny mistake by a broadcaster.

Blooper

Rescue parts of a wrecked ship.

Salvage

Mother of Persephone, sister of Zeus.

Demeter

Refined and polite, as for a royal audience.

Courtly

Drummer’s metal accessory.

Cymbal

Scoop mud out from the bottom of a river.

Dredge

Explosions.

Blasts

Pearl maker.

Oyster

Something incomprehensible or nonsense, __ Dutch.

Double

Sea between Russia and Alaska.

Bering

Strainers for flour.

Sieves

They built the first aqueduct.

Romans

Spanish rice dish, usually has seafood in it.

Paella

Borrower’s source.

Lender

Removed the seed.

Pitted

The first James Bond novel: “__ Royale”.

Casino

Advance payment to secure a holiday or a flight.

Deposit

Lectures given in churches.

Sermons

Extend.

Prolong

Red pigment in beets used for food coloring.

Betanin

Catchy phrases used in advertising.

Slogans

Rainy season in south and south-east Asia.

Monsoon

Edible bivalves from the sea.

Mussels

Starkly, desolately.

Bleakly

Dwayne __, actor also known as The Rock.

Johnson

Fibrous tissue connecting muscles and bones.

Tendons

Character who decapitated Medusa.

Perseus

Critically endangered largest primate: Eastern __.

Gorilla

“When shall we three meet again” starts this play.

Macbeth

The art of imitating someone.

Mimicry

Billy __, played Harry to Meg Ryan’s Sally.

Crystal

Restriction on trade or release of news.

Embargo

Avoid in protest.

Boycott

Ruled like a queen.

Reigned

Citrus and champagne cocktails.

Mimosas

Able to adjust easily to changing conditions.

Adaptable

Detonating inwardly.

Imploding

Study of the physical characteristics of rocks.

Lithology

Active Italian volcano and Tyrrhenian island.

Stromboli

Vegetable that can easily take 20 minutes to eat.

Artichoke

Interrupts someone’s attention span.

Distracts

Yellow citrus fruit topping used in desserts.

Lemon curd

Go __; excessive, over the top.

Overboard

Certified, approved.

Confirmed

Kidnappers.

Abductors

Song title and national flower of Austria.

Edelweiss

Novelist Gabriel Jose Garcia Marquez’ nationality.

Colombian

Emitting the most perspiration.

Sweatiest

Failure to notice something.

Oversight

Brown skin pigmentation, develops in later years.

Liver spot

Dental margin between teeth and flesh.

Gumline

Slipped on a wet road.

Skidded

Fights, combat, conflicts — sometimes pitched.

Battles

Lawn game with balls, mallets and hoops.

Croquet

Rodent who enjoys company.

Pack rat

Well __, demonstrating good conduct.

Behaved

Skill, competence, expertise.

Prowess

__ gum, food additive, a thickening agent.

Xanthan

Silvery-white metallic element found in batteries.

Cadmium

Organized moving protests.

Marches

Art of paper folding.

Origami

Low-lying salty Middle Eastern lake.

Dead sea

Faithfulness, loyalty.

Fidelity

Wall-mounted devices for turning lights on and off.

Switches

Disorders that affect plants or animals.

Diseases

Easy __, pleasant to look at.

On the eye

Instructing people of a plan.

Briefing

Manner of speaking by an actor on stage.

Delivery

__ Islands, British territory off Patagonian coast.

Falkland

Bruising and swelling over an optical organ.

Black eye

Leather bags for school books.

Satchels

Brazilian national dish of beans, pork and beef.

Feijoada

Squats down.

Crouches

Obelisk or column created from one block of stone.

Monolith

Chaos, unrest.

Uproar

Son of a queen.

Prince

Wettened with the tongue, like a cat bathing.

Licked

Blue Belgian humanoids with pointy hats.

Smurfs

Someone using a phone.

Caller

Sings in a sentimental, soft low tone.

Croons

Graphic representation, e.g. Christian cross.

Symbol

Metal Ni used in batteries; a US five-cent coin.

Nickel

Fashion brand or motor fuel.

Diesel

Severe flood.

Deluge

French term meaning “with milk”.

Au lait

Ran like a river.

Flowed

Compassionate and kind.

Humane

Capital of the Emerald Isle.

Dublin

By mouth.

Orally

Creator of the character Alfred Jingle: Charles __.

Dickens

You might give or receive a bouquet of these.

Flowers

Nonessential body parts in the throat.

Tonsils

Warm hugs.

Cuddles

Making beer.

Brewing

Latin: “vanity”, a still-life term from Dutch art.

Vanitas

1799 historic discovery near Alexandria: __ Stone.

Rosetta

Frozen pad applied to reduce swelling.

Ice pack

Luxury Italian sports car brand.

Ferrari

Inflated.

Swollen

African country whose capital is Abuja.

Nigeria

Little golden nuggets of corn.

Kernels

Making a noise like a snake.

Hissing

Spinning one’s thumbs around each other.

Twiddling

Acted on stage.

Performed

Boss of a type of emergency service station.

Fire chief

King murdered by Aegisthus in Greek mythology.

Agamemnon

Routes that take less time.

Shortcuts

Fighters who deliberately damage infrastructure.

Saboteurs

Guard, defender.

Protector

Lead sports instructor or team manager.

Head coach

Italian term for assorted savory appetizers.

Antipasti

Country that is home to Kangaroo Island.

Australia

Number of workers needed to do something.

Manpower

The cry of an avian.

Birdcall

Headaches and shakes the morning after.

Hangover

Katniss’ surname in The Hunger Games.

Everdeen

Verdi opera about Shakespeare’s corpulent knight.

Falstaff

Ringing in the ears.

Tinnitus

Type of neckline that shows a lot of décolletage.

Plunging

Location of tall rock-diving platform in Mexico.

Acapulco

Humorous story, a personal account.

Anecdote

Not-so-sweet banana, for cooking.

Plantain

Surname of one of the Fab Four.

Harrison

Decorative paper lights for Chinese New Year.

Lanterns

Warmly admitted to someone’s house.

Welcomed

Steals goods during wartime.

Plunders

Joined together, like bricks.

Cemented

Sourness, acidity.

Acerbity

Very weak and in need of food.

Starving

Italian sparkling wine found in a Bellini.

Prosecco

Sudden reflex to clear breathing passages.

Coughing

Type of animal from which shatoush shawls are made.

Antelope

Pet __, Stephen King book and film.

Sematary

Tormented, suffering.

Agonized

Anonymous.

Nameless

Cut-outs for drawing designs.

Stencils

Saintly.

Virtuous

Run past; swim past.

Overtake

Nearby, surrounding area.

Vicinity

Lost fictional island in the middle of the ocean.

Atlantis

They have calm eyes; hurricanes.

Cyclones

Popular gin, vermouth mix, “elixir of quietude”.

Martini

Felt deep respect towards something.

Revered

Memorably.

Notably

Sculptors’ tools.

Chisels

Another name for the Cote d’Azur: French __.

Riviera

Injured, in pain.

Wounded

Vexation, irritation, humiliation.

Chagrin

Less wide, slimmer.

Thinner

Smart jackets, often with shiny buttons.

Blazers

Physician in the OR.

Surgeon

Goddess of the Labyrinth in Greek mythology.

Ariadne

Largest stadium in the UK.

Wembley

Packages left at your doorstep.

Parcels

Flat-topped movables for eating or working on.

Tables

American word for what Britons call a nappy.

Diaper

Country with the most 2018 Winter Olympics medals.

Norway

Less constricting, not as tight.

Looser

Zodiac twins.

Gemini

Rapacious, gluttonous.

Greedy

Work experience trainee.

Intern

For deskinning vegetables.

Peeler

Capital and largest city of Albania.

Tirana

Tyrannical leader.

Despot

Youth, naivety, purity.

Innocence

Large Irish dog, a symbol of nobility and loyalty.

Wolfhound

Story titles in a newspaper.

Headlines

Alaskan city that’s well grounded.

Anchorage

This type of fat has high levels of fatty acids.

Saturated

Nike trainers line named after a basketball player.

Air jordan

Taking up space within.

Occupying

Used for storage on a horse or motorcycle.

Saddlebag

It’s rolled out for dignitaries and movie stars.

Red carpet

Strong winds over dry lands.

Duststorm

A place for visitors to leave comments.

Guest book

Professional who works with precious metal.

Goldsmith

The best, most favorable.

Optimal

Produce a reaction.

Provoke

Sunday in Spanish.

Domingo

Sloping or vague and circular argument.

Oblique

Volkswagen is an auto maker from __.

Germany

Home of the British Prime Minister: 10 __ Street.

Downing

Nationality of Isabel Allende and Pablo Neruda.

Chilean

Cheese with mozzarella outside, cream inside.

Burrata

Serrated teeth at the front of an ice-skate.

Toe pick

Savior of mankind.

Messiah

Younger daughter of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier.

Stephanie

Incorrect.

Erroneous

Finding a solution, settling an argument.

Resolving

Atlantic sea North of Venezuela.

Caribbean

Astonished, dumbfounded.

Stupefied

Poignant, moving.

Emotional

Achieving victory over the other side.

Defeating

Meeting prior to a job offer.

Interview

Not going out.

Staying in

Describes, with a number, all the world’s oceans.

Seven seas

Dies, no heart beat.

Flatlines

Addition to cocktails: cherries, sprigs, curls.

Garnishes

Leave one if they don’t answer the phone.

Voicemail

Greek myth’s river god; author of Fantastic Beasts.

Scamander

Person responsible for promotion and advertising.

Publicist

White Wedding singer born William Broad.

Billy idol

Visual measure of petrol tank fullness.

Fuel gauge

Rare, in short supply.

Scarce

Literary adjective for a forest.

Sylvan

Police operations to catch the bad guys.

Stings

Cheerleading accessory.

Pompom

__ Festival; a seasonal name for Chinese New Year.

Spring

Add alcohol to a hot pan to create this effect.

Flambe

Royal home.

Palace

American __: Bret Easton Ellis’s Patrick Bateman.

Psycho

Soak or steep; fancy way to say “drink alcohol”.

Imbibe

Alfred __, landscape painter of Haystacks at Moret.

Sisley

Eight notes in a scale.

Octave

Quality of being tense, irritable.

Edginess

Keep under control.

Restrict

Killer of an important figure.

Assassin

Kelly __, British tv host, daughter of Ozzy.

Osbourne

Herb also known as coriander.

Cilantro

Deliberately sank a ship by cutting a hole in it.

Scuttled

Central heating apparatus, fixed to a wall.

Radiator

This ocean covers about 20% of the Earth’s surface.

Atlantic

Old unsolved crime opened for reinvestigation.

Cold case

System that allows water to disperse.

Drainage

Mixed, varied.

Assorted

Simon __, led South American Independence movement.

Bolivar

Starch from the roots of the manioc plant.

Tapioca

Entwines and knots.

Tangles

A common conjunction; for reason that….

Because

__ Prime, the leader of the Autobots.

Optimus

Walking under these is considered unlucky.

Ladders

Able to stretch and go back to its original shape.

Elastic

In Christianity, person Jesus raised from the dead.

Lazarus

Capital of the People’s Republic of China.

Beijing

Paintings on plaster.

Frescos

Duties levied on imported and exported goods.

Tariffs

Infectious red skin rash seen in babies.

Roseola

Ray of natural light.

Sunbeam

Horse’s straps to allow it to pull a vehicle.

Harness

Proves a belief to be wrong.

Debunks

Panel to shade a vehicle driver’s eyes from glare.

Sun visor

Waste money carelessly.

Squander

Rods for spinning wool.

Spindles

Lakeland, Yorkshire or Westies are all this.

Terriers

Unfastens, separates.

Detaches

Salty Asian condiment.

Soy sauce

Transparent rocks, perhaps with healing powers.

Crystals

Looked around new territory.

Explored

Author of the Da Vinci Code.

Dan brown

Revelation of a secret identity.

Exposure

Quote from Keats: “A thing of __ is a joy forever”.

Beauty

Type of vision, comes from lost peripheral sight.

Tunnel

Tim Burton directed Michael __ in Beetlejuice.

Keaton

Apportions.

Allots

Sheer chaos.

Mayhem

Country whose capital is Riga.

Latvia

Machine for cooling food.

Fridge

Full metal __, movie title and bullet.

Jacket

In baseball, MVP stands for Most Valuable __.

Player

Filtering system in the mouths of humpback whales.

Baleen

Taxi driver.

Cabbie

Vandalize.

Deface

Thumb; the innermost digit.

Pollex

Delight someone.

Please

Marvel character born on Titan.

Thanos

Waltzes, sambas and foxtrots.

Dances

Crunchy veg of the parsley family.

Celery

Lost balance on a slick surface.

Slipped

Chopping down trees for wood.

Logging

To comfort.

Console

Artist with a brush.

Painter

Non-venomous African snakes.

Pythons

Gods and immortals.

Deities

Country whose capital is Zagreb.

Croatia

What a Christmas bell does.

Jingles

Declare again.

Restate

Gets older and wiser, like a cheese or wine.

Matures

A glass that sounds like a gymnast.

Tumbler

Hopkins and Foster won Oscars for __ of the Lambs.

Silence

Complete.

Absolute

Religious voyagers to North America.

Pilgrims

Wall hanging for outerwear.

Coat hook

Loss __, an insurance company employee.

Adjuster

Protected an army against attack.

Defended

Gnaeus Julius __, Roman governor of Britain.

Agricola

Collections of old, important documents.

Archives

A neutral facial expression when playing cards.

Game face

Sticking, gluing.

Adhering

Amount of precipitation.

Rainfall

Thank you in Portuguese, by a woman.

Obrigada

All across the metropolis.

Citywide

Aquatic creature that inflates itself.

Blowfish

Glasses with two lens powers.

Bifocals

Runs in the buff.

Streaker

A brief plot summary.

Synopsis

Long-eared hoppers.

Rabbits

Backed up with hair and debris.

Clogged

Fourth wife of Marc Antony and sister of Augustus.

Octavia

Road perforation.

Pot hole

Complaining petulantly.

Whining

Hotel greeter.

Doorman

Modified, made amendments to.

Altered

Plant leaves.

Foliage

Long cold periods of an Ice Age.

Glacial

Sleeping in a tent.

Camping

Tomato & mozzarella salad with basil and olive oil.

Caprese

Cracks in bones.

Fractures

Track for cycling races.

Velodrome

Listing sent by a bank itemizing spending.

Statement

Active Sicilian volcano.

Mount etna

Timber found on the beach.

Driftwood

A detailed plan of the activities on a trip.

Itinerary

Without basic life necessities.

Destitute

To butt in while someone is talking.

Interrupt

Last name synonymous with crystal embellishments.

Swarovski

An orchestra’s leader.

Conductor

Dramatically, drastically.

Radically

Oily fish often smoked, salted or pickled.

Herring

Late for the deadline.

Overdue

Preventing from speaking or writing freely.

Gagging

Austere and strict.

Spartan

Something usefully delivered, from a Deity perhaps.

Godsend

Curved entrance.

Archway

Indonesian capital, on the island of Java.

Jakarta

Height, or reputation.

Stature

__ 6, Disney movie about a superhero team.

Big hero

French term for additional performances.

Encores

Paid no mind to.

Ignored

Term for diseases far from the site of origin.

Ecdemic

Flying plastic plate toy.

Frisbee

John Entwistle’s role in The Who.

Bassist

Car, bus or truck.

Vehicle

Extinguishing a candle’s flame.

Snuffing

Universities.

Colleges

Congregations of seabirds living together.

Colonies

Large-headed stud used on old wooden portals.

Doornail

Impetus, thrust, continuing motion.

Momentum

People who hate Christmas.

Grinches

China’s former policy of no siblings allowed.

One child

Star-like symbol in text, directs to a footnote.

Asterisk

Without any harmful, addictive toxins.

Drug free

Wheat flour used sometimes in gnocchi and pasta.

Semolina

Can be satisfied or appeased.

Satiable

Tennis hit, where the ball lands just over the net.

Drop shot

Orange-colored flight recorder.

Black box

Look out!.

Beware

Drags a weighty object.

Heaves

George Michael song: “__ Figure”.

Father

An order from higher up.

Decree

Coffee-flavored liquor used in a Black Russian.

Kahlua

Thick humid forest, e.g. The Amazon.

Jungle

Barnes __, inventor of the bouncing bomb.

Wallis

An overhaul or restructuring.

Revamp

Lady in a fairy tale, often in distress.

Damsel

__ at Ivry, end of day painting by Guillaumin.

Sunset

Aegean island famous for blue-domed white houses.

Santorini

Long green and white vegetables from onion species.

Scallions

Radioactive element Pu, sourced from uranium ore.

Plutonium

Heroic, Lycra-clad female comic character.

Supergirl

Mozart and Elgar were these.

Composers

Pleasurable facilities or services.

Amenities

E.g. thumbs that move.

Opposable

Participant.

Contender

Removing financing from.

Defunding

Thickness, stickiness; opposite of fluidity.

Viscosity

Perhaps, maybe, feasibly.

Possibly

Tossing a pancake so that both sides are cooked.

Flipping

One note; dreary, flat delivery of a speech.

Monotone

Palestinian territory, left of the River Jordan.

West bank

All the DNA of a population.

Gene pool

Shouting at a comedian.

Heckling

Michel __, author of Madness and Civilization.

Foucault

Pain on hip and leg, caused by pressure on a nerve.

Sciatica

Went before.

Preceded

Water-based paint for houses.

Emulsion