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A big brother to bananas, popular in the Caribbean

Plantain

Anne, who played Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate

Bancroft

Artform and genre of music in South Spain

Flamenco

Cat breed and Oz inhabitant

Munchkin

Dead __, something that spoils the surprise

Giveaway

Description of the contents of a course of study

Syllabus

Interaction with the plot of a computer story

Gameplay

Mahavir Janma __, annual Jain festival

Kalyanak

One wheeled bike with no brakes, requires balance

Unicycle

Percentage off associated with a sale

Discount

Self-__, sock wool made of various colors

Striping

This coastal swamp tree’s roots grow above water

Mangrove

__ Jane, frontierswoman associate of Buffalo Bill

Calamity

Artificial regulator for the heart

Pacemaker

Branch of divination that uses the stars

Astrology

CEO of Apple before he passed in 2011

Steve jobs

First two letters in HTTP stand for this word

Hypertext

Harsh laws, named after the first leader of Athens

Draconian

Jagged landform in The Lion King

Pride rock

Metal link with hinge, to connect climbing ropes

Carabiner

Peaks that are higher than the valleys

Mountains

Style of Brazilian music that means new wave

Bossa nova

Successions of DNA base-pairs

Sequences

This muscle allows you to shrug your shoulders

Trapezius

City that holds world’s largest annual Oktoberfest

Munich

Clothing, outfit

Attire

Dam building, flat-tailed animal, largest rodent

Beaver

Food following Jewish religious law

Kosher

Language spoken in Northern Spain

Basque

Night involving answering questions with a team

Trivia

One of the offspring of Chaos, known as Darkness

Erebus

See this over the ocean at evening time

Sunset

The digital detector of images in a camera

Sensor

Until we meet again

So long

Yellow Looney Tunes bird, his nemesis is Sylvester

Tweety

__ Bedelia, rhyming children’s book character

Amelia

__ Girls theme song Thank You For Being A Friend

Golden

Ancient Egyptian ruler

Pharaoh

Blocked path with no way through

Dead end

Criss-cross pattern in art, music, and baking

Lattice

Doria __, mother of Harry’s bride Meghan Markle

Ragland

Feline that’s the fastest land animal

Cheetah

Hit song from 2018’s A Star Is Born

Shallow

Microsoft’s city codename for Windows 95

Chicago

Spectacles

Glasses

Substance essential for making jellies

Gelatin

Sweet low spring plants with white flowers

Alyssum

Ten-pin bowlers aim to get these

Strikes

The crime of character assassination through lies

Slander

When push comes __, in the end

To shove

__ West plays Noah Solloway on The Affair

Dominic

Amsterdam’s modern art museum

Stedelijk

Bad feeling, hostility

Animosity

Bar time offering discounted drinks

Happy hour

Elemental trace mineral, taken to support bones

Manganese

Master gland at the base of the brain

Pituitary

Name of Cleopatra’s alleged son with Julius Caesar

Caesarion

Period of three months associated with pregnancy

Trimester

Powerful Greek gods encountered by Percy Jackson

Olympians

Rhodesian hunting dog breed

Ridgeback

Southwest US major river; John Wayne movie

Rio grande

We get these from eating healthy food

Nutrients

Woodwind instrument played by Charlie Parker

Saxophone

A union between countries

Alliance

Arthur Miller wrote the play Death of a __

Salesman

Face to face rather than on the phone

In person

German astronomer siblings William and Caroline

Herschel

Hawaiian volcano that is mostly underwater

Mauna kea

Heaven for warriors in Norse mythology

Valhalla

Highly scented indoor plant with white flowers

Gardenia

It is taken out against property to secure a loan

Mortgage

Jack White, Alicia Keys or Yehudi Menuhin

Musician

Jack White, Brendan Benson, or Patrick Keeler

Musician

Mediterranean island of Italy with nuraghi ruins

Sardinia

Rita __ is a pin-up in The Shawshank Redemption

Hayworth

Section of a stadium reserved for the media

Press box

Strip that keeps your place in novels

Bookmark

The Flintstones kept one as a pet

Dinosaur

A vinyl disc that has music on it

Record

A vinyl disc which plays music

Record

Battle of __, great victory for Hannibal in 216 BC

Cannae

Bright tropical bird, mimics other animal calls

Parrot

Container for holding water on the go

Bottle

French for “cake”

Gateau

Game show-winning supercomputer

Watson

Pictures taken with a camera to capture moments

Photos

Poland’s capital city

Warsaw

Sunglasses manufacturer known for Aviators

Ray ban

Winnie the Pooh’s donkey friend

Eeyore

__ Thunder; Ben Stiller and Jack Black comedy

Tropic

An individual’s collection of clothing

Wardrobe

Another name for a blood clot

Thrombus

British fashion house known for trench coats

Burberry

Captain Nemo’s fictional submarine

Nautilus

Hindu worship of Shiva as the Supreme Being

Shaivism

Long-running animated show with a yellow family

Simpsons

MacBook, Surface, IdeaPad

Computer

Painting of a person

Portrait

Range in which Mount Elbrus is located

Caucasus

Tall shoes made popular by 1970s disco dancers

Platform

The Evil Dead’s series director

Sam raimi

The Ramones are known for being this kind of band

Punk rock

“Little __ Boy”, Christmas tale of a musical gift

Drummer

Babs is a short version of this female name

Barbara

French village, home to Monet’s water garden

Giverny

Harry, Lily and James are these in the book series

Potters

Marconi’s birthplace; also a type of deli meat

Bologna

Strong-smelling compound of nitrogen and hydrogen

Ammonia

The seven dwarfs do this while they work

Whistle

They speak rhymes instead of singing them

Rappers

Tiger Woods’ real first name

Eldrick

Where honey-makers call home

Beehive

__ lady, top-of-the-bill actress

Leading

Art style featuring paintings of inanimate objects

Still life

Carlo Collodi puppet tale: “The Adventures of “

Miller; played Sick Boy in Trainspotting

Jonny lee

2 atoms of 1 element with different electron count

Isotope

A superhero’s nemesis

Villain

Andrew Lloyd Webber musical: __ of Love

Aspects

Arbiter of a sports match

Referee

Buy guy

Villain

Crisp wafer for eating with cheese

Cracker

Home base of a computer, where you drag files

Desktop

James Bond wants his drinks shaken, not __

Stirred

Nemo and his father live in one

Anemone

Sewing machine brand from Switzerland

Bernina

Slang for a pair of eyes

Peepers

US State with Phoenix as its capital

Arizona

__ in the Stream; Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton hit

Islands

2020 Disney documentary narrated by Meghan Markle

Elephant

Daughter of Sparta and wife of Odysseus

Penelope

Highlighting puts this, or stress, on words

Emphasis

International games that began in Ancient Greece

Olympics

Month named after the number ten

December

Online fad where folks laid straight out on things

Planking

Orange pigment, gives certain veggies their hue

Carotene

Short spiky strands on toothbrushes and hedgehogs

Bristles

The … that signifies trailing off mid sentence

Ellipsis

The passing of traits through familial generations

Heredity

This Holmes is played by Cumberbatch

Sherlock

Untruth told to save someone’s feelings, perhaps

White lie

Used in math to solve problems

Equation

Welsh singer of James Bond theme Thunderball

Tom jones

Anonymous street artist and graffiti specialist

Banksy

City in which St. Vitus Cathedral is located

Prague

Continent that’s home to the fictional Wakanda

Africa

Cooking cakes or pies from scratch

Baking

Crossword clues can be down and this

Across

Deep gorges or ravines

Chasms

Glossy fluids to add shine to hair

Serums

Golfers need one of these to carry their clubs

Caddie

Primate known for its bright red bottom

Baboon

Rags to __, a journey from poverty to great wealth

Riches

Shakespeare wrote many of this type of poem

Sonnet

Vampire musical scored by Elton John and Taupin

Lestat

Water has 2 hydrogen atoms and one __ atom

Oxygen

1991 movie about George Sand and Frédéric Chopin

Impromptu

Baby __, Peppa Pig’s newborn cousin

Alexander

Bequest of money received upon death

Endowment

Chicago’s nickname

Windy city

Distribute TV to the masses

Broadcast

Head covering to keep hair dry when bathing

Shower cap

One-humped camel

Dromedary

Only surviving Bee Gee

Barry gibb

Poorly, not well, not in good condition

Unhealthy

Snack made from flattened dough, e.g. pita or naan

Flatbread

What the A stands for in ATM – the money machine

Automated

A kind of heel or a kind of knife

Stiletto

Anne who played Fantine in Les Misérables

Hathaway

Both a virtue and a woman’s name

Patience

Crispy cubes of bread eaten with salad or soup

Croutons

Gamers may find these with dragons

Dungeons

Greek term for king or emperor

Basileus

If one crosses your path, you might get bad luck

Black cat

Marvel anti hero, real name is Wade Wilson

Deadpool

Mound left by small, dusky digging mammal

Molehill

Souvenir store in a museum or theme park

Gift shop

The end of an uneven bars routine

Dismount

The four letters of a radio or TV station

Callsign

Things that are found on the periodic table

Elements

Tinker and mechanical in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Tom snout

__ Rhapsody sung by band Queen

Bohemian

Aquatic mammal sometimes called a sea cow

Manatee

Getting better, recovering from illness

Healing

Heap of chopped wood for burning on the hearth

Log pile

Host of the 2008 Summer Olympics

Beijing

Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl’s band

Nirvana

Pill designed to make up for poor nutrition

Vitamin

Pork sausage seasoned with paprika

Chorizo

Spiritual, ceremonial customs

Rituals

They allow pouring of liquids into small apertures

Funnels

Walt Lloyd’s pet Labrador in Lost TV series

Vincent

Washing off, cleansing

Rinsing

Washing off soap

Rinsing

What Dorothy’s friend the Lion was searching for

Courage

__ Conran, author of the Superwoman series

Shirley

“Stop all the “, Auden poem aka Funeral Blues

soda, toothpaste microbeads alternative

Baking

1989 Julia Roberts film about friendship, Steel __

Magnolias

A skydiver hopes this is packed correctly

Parachute

Another name for a bruise

Contusion

Company founded by Bill Gates

Microsoft

Creator and voice artist on Beavis and Butt-Head

Mike judge

Italian pasta strands

Spaghetti

Recent infectious disease, spread by mosquitos

Zika virus

This Band sings Wish You Were Here

Pink floyd

Two pets, often fighting, according to the idiom

Cat and dog

Undergarment that adds volume to skirt of dress

Petticoat

What witnesses give under oath

Testimony

Aromatic spice that is made from bark

Cinnamon

Black and white Newfoundland dog

Landseer

Bogota is its capital

Colombia

Egyptian goddess of water, consort to Set

Nephtys

Explosive common in demolition and mining

Dynamite

Girl in the play As You Like It disguised as a boy

Rosalind

Passageway in a school or hospital, for example

Corridor

Penny __, describes a miserly or mean attitude

Pinching

Rocky __, heavyweight boxer who retired undefeated

Marciano

Stay With Me singer knows he’s “not the only one”

Sam smith

Workers become these when they walk picket lines

Strikers

Youthful trees, also you can buy them in Minecraft

Saplings

2013 Sandra Bullock science fiction film

Gravity

A book on a required reading list is often one

Classic

A bright, extreme shade of red; a fever

Scarlet

A coach gives one before the game

Pep talk

Also called the breastbone

Sternum

Another word for kneading, toiling with dough

Working

Auguste Rodin’s sculpture of a pensive man

Thinker

Blocked, congested

Clogged

Body of water where the river meets the sea

Estuary

Crypto-currency associated with Satoshi Nakamoto

Bitcoin

Large jungle chopping knife

Machete

Predatory freshwater fish native to South America

Piranha

Qing dynasty game of tiles

Mahjong

Roman god of messages

Mercury

Tropical storm over the Indian or Pacific ocean

Typhoon

Villain Bram Stoker is famous for

Dracula

17th C engraving technique giving tonal effects

Mezzotint

Author of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer

Mark twain

Bill collectors call around for these companies

Creditors

Bull who wanted to smell flowers instead of fight

Ferdinand

Nemo in Finding Nemo is this type of creature

Clownfish

SpongeBob lives in one under the sea

Pineapple

This Neil made the first lunar walk

Armstrong

This farmer works in netting to prevent stinging

Beekeeper

Tina Turner hit: Left a good job down in the city

Proud mary

Vessel powered by burning coal

Steamship

“Beauty is in the eye of the “

while Rome burns, an Emperor Nero analogy

Fiddle

Another word for hard or not easy

Difficult

Author of the Harry Potter series

J k rowling

Cartoon flapper first appearing in 1930

Betty boop

Character by Lin-Manuel Miranda, __ Hamilton

Alexander

Cordon __, barrier to prevent disease spreading

Sanitaire

Florida cape site of Kennedy Space Center

Canaveral

Medical term for chickenpox

Varicella

Safety rafts attached to big ships

Lifeboats

Term for Mumbai-based film production industry

Bollywood

The TB in #TBT

Throwback

Trading __, laws that protect buyers’ rights

Standards

2018 hit for Sam Smith and Calvin Harris

Promises

A skilled and strategic movement

Maneuver

Actress, animal activist; starred in Pillow Talk

Doris day

Another name for the tibia

Shinbone

Bright pink bird associated with Florida

Flamingo

Cats Tygra and Cheetara hailed from this planet

Thundera

Disease caused by insulin imbalance

Diabetes

Mythical island nation created by Plato

Atlantis

North-west French region where they speak Breton

Brittany

Paper container for money at a wedding

Envelope

Science that studies dogs

Cynology

Tropical flower or a red tea

Hibiscus

With an irregular shape or design

Freeform

Cassette-player brand for on the move in the 1980s

Walkman

Central character in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol

Scrooge

Drive from home to work and back again

Commute

Laurel used in cooking

Bay leaf

Linus from Peanuts believed in a Great one

Pumpkin

Panic! At the Disco singer __ Urie

Brendan

Paper-joining stationery tool that needs reloading

Stapler

Sam __, film producer and studio owner with Mayer

Goldwyn

Ship kitchens

Galleys

Something often lit during meditation

Incense

Three-pronged spear wielded by Poseidon

Trident

What took the Titanic down

Iceberg

Wooden scaffold used by hangmen in the past

Gallows

__ and Johnson, scientists who wrote about sex

Masters

African leaping antelope with curving horns

Impala

Collections of songs by an artist, e.g. on a CD

Albums

Counterfeit, fake, bogus

Phoney

Diane __ of Annie Hall and Book Club

Keaton

Difficult-to-stop spasm of the diaphragm

Hiccup

Former Philippines First Lady Imelda __

Marcos

Japanese car maker of the Corolla

Toyota

Mythical small monster, usually mischievous

Goblin

Space cloud, made up of gases and dust

Nebula

These are eaten between meals

Snacks

Well-known and in the public eye

Famous

CEO; chief __ officer; top dog at work

Executive

Epistolary novel written by Jane Austen

Lady susan

Genes that aren’t dominant

Recessive

He played Heimdall in Thor

Idris elba

Romantic card traditionally given on February 14

Valentine

Shaft for steps in a building

Stairwell

Superman’s archenemy and wealthy businessman

Lex luthor

These lizards would excel at hide and seek

Chameleon

Travel documents that show citizenship

Passports

Unclear, can be interpreted in more than one way

Ambiguous

10 Things I Hate __, 1999 Shakespearean rom-com

About you

Animal between 12 and 24 months old

Yearling

Articulating each note sharply in music

Staccato

Container for your midday meal

Lunchbox

Detailed ornamental work of twisted gold or silver

Filigree

Folded paper information leaflet

Pamphlet

Helen of Troy’s husband: King __

Menelaus

Hindu triad of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva

Trimurti

Parachuted leap from a building

Base jump

Purported medicine, essence of a viper

Snake oil

Slang for 1950s group of bikers

Greasers

Stance that rejects any participation in war

Pacifism

Ten-sided shapes

Decagons

The R in RSVP

Repondez

To raise, sometimes by the power of the mind alone

Levitate

Urgent shipment option

Priority

_ roll; sushi made with unagi, nuts and avocado

Hawaiian

A Dog’s __; follow-up film to A Dog’s Purpose

Journey

A greatly reduced price, a steal

Bargain

A person has this when their hearing organ hurts

Earache

Catholic body founded by Josemaría Escrivá

Opus dei

He-Man is one of the __ of the Universe

Masters

Mineral that strengthens bones

Calcium

North African country featuring the Sahara

Algeria

Pablo __, Spanish artist who painted Guernica

Picasso

Person with a fine personality, an ovum analogy

Good egg

Person with ginger hair; North American duck breed

Redhead

Series of Rolls-Royce cars

Phantom

Shakespeare tragedy of a Venetian army general

Othello

Sweets post-meal treat

Dessert

Tactile writing system, read by touch

Braille

A __ pill to swallow is an unavoidable unpleasantry

Bitter

Beetles revered as sacred amulets in Ancient Egypt

Scarab

Bernie Madoff was jailed for pyramid type of this

Scheme

Fancy wool originally from southwest Spain

Merino

King story of a telepathic high school student

Carrie

Lending party in a lease agreement

Lessor

Mountain kingdom, its capital is Thimphu

Bhutan

Oysters turn grit into these glowing beads

Pearls

Put money into a business hoping for future profit

Invest

Rita __, 1961’s Anita in West Side Story

Moreno

Tallest tower in Paris named after its engineer

Eiffel

Type of “elbow” gotten with lateral epicondylitis

Tennis

Vegetable the French once believed caused leprosy

Potato

Wet toppings for pasta

Sauces

What’s in the heart, for performer Deee-Lite

Groove

Early sample model of a product or vehicle

Prototype

Film technique using wireframe computer models

Animation

Habitual stealing of small items

Pilfering

High balance wire in a circus

Tightrope

Instrument one blows into, played by Bob Dylan

Harmonica

Mediterranean flowers in the Asparagaceae family

Hyacinths

Painful inflammation of fluid around joints

Synovitis

Painful inflammation of the lining of a joint

Synovitis

Post-graduate degree with PhD qualification

Doctorate

Starch-like cornflour used in clear thickening

Arrowroot

Teacher of Japanese Buddhist meditation

Zen master

Wooden implement measures three feet at a time

Yardstick

French long, thin bread with a hard crust

Baguette

Frontman of the Doors, Jim __, aka the Lizard King

Morrison

Line in the sand or line on a map

Boundary

Mocking, teasing, provoking

Taunting

Money paid to a shareholder from company revenue

Dividend

Optimus Prime’s arch enemy in Transformers

Megatron

Sean T’s intense body workout routine

Insanity

Speed built up over time that gives impetus

Momentum

Sword of __, legendary blade held by a fine thread

Damocles

Taking an oath

Pledging

The love interest of Romeo before he meets Juliet

Rosaline

Tommy __, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City protagonist

Vercetti

A proof of purchase

Receipt

Boy George band: __ Club

Culture

Broadway specialty

Musical

Caribbean isle, forms a nation with Antigua

Barbuda

DC comic hero played by Jason Momoa in 2018

Aquaman

French word for a very young chicken

Poussin

Illustrator for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Tenniel

Italian for bad air; disease caused by mosquitoes

Malaria

Nationality of racing driver Kimi Räikkönen

Finnish

Painful bubble on the skin, caused by heat

Blister

Small dog who hangs with Scooby Doo

Scrappy

UK cathedral, world’s tallest building (1311–1548)

Lincoln

Venomous shark species with canine-related name

Dogfish

Works of skin art

Tattoos

Aloe is this common plant type with thick parts

Succulent

German dish with a fried meat cutlet and sauce

Schnitzel

In a Dr. Seuss story, they go with ham

Green eggs

Like a trait taken from one’s parents

Inherited

Michelle Obama and Laura Bush were this

First lady

P. McCartney song in support of 1960s civil rights

Blackbird

Photography technique shot over several days

Time lapse

Someone who is given an award or organ

Recipient

Type of long razor with foldable handle

Cutthroat

Unfinished business to tie up

Loose ends

“Two Roads __ in a Yellow Wood”: famed poetic line

Diverged

ABBA song and a defeat for Napoleon

Waterloo

Film print in which light and dark are reversed

Negative

Fraction equal to 20 percent of a whole

One fifth

Italian Renaissance painter, __ Daddi

Bernardo

Liquid that marine mammals live in

Seawater

Optimistic Cape in South Africa

Good hope

Payments earned after retirement

Pensions

Piece of cloth for mopping up alcoholic spills

Bar towel

REM sang about losing this

Religion

She did this when she asked him to marry her

Proposed

The start of a theatrical performance

Showtime

Untroubled by conflict or agitation

Peaceful

Vessels that excavate riverbeds

Dredgers

Yellow Shih Tzu in Animal Crossing franchise

Isabelle

Champagne brand with Special Cuvee blend

Bollinger

Common order for soldiers to lower their weapons

Stand down

Country home to Bondi Beach

Australia

Drax’s title in the Marvel universe

Destroyer

Facebook game where players tend to crops

Farmville

Foreign adversary of Bond at the gaming tables

Le chiffre

Insectivore with many legs; classic arcade game

Centipede

Keyed percussion instrument played with mallets

Xylophone

Large, portable devices that blast music loudly

Boomboxes

Mailed mementos of a trip

Postcards

Method for identifying a person’s allergies

Patch test

Brightly painted vehicle in the Philippines

Jeepney

Childlike nickname for canines

Doggies

Cooked on or under heat

Grilled

Dwayne Johnson’s wrestler name

The rock

George __, singer of Faith and Careless Whisper

Michael

Illness, health problem

Ailment

Irrational, deep-rooted fears

Phobias

Reindeer who was able to help guide Santa

Rudolph

Small country next to Spain

Andorra

The cost of acquiring a service or product

Expense

A __ in the Sun, 1959 play by Lorraine Hansberry

Raisin

Building material mixed with sand to make concrete

Cement

Elon Musk’s rocket launching corporation

Spacex

HTTP server that’s also a type of helicopter

Apache

Japan’s largest island

Honshu

Keyboard instruments

Pianos

Martin Luther famously wrote 95

Theses

Purplish red; Adam Levine’s five

Maroon

TV chef and Hell’s Kitchen host, Gordon

Ramsay

This rough rock can polish toes and heels

Pumice

Traditional Japanese dramatic performance

Kabuki

White grape brandy from western France

Cognac

__ Ryder; Little Women and Stranger Things actress

Winona

Buttons used to secure a duffel coat

Toggles

Buttons with which to secure a duffel coat

Toggles

Kitchen items made of clay, highlighted in Ghost

Pottery

Mass meetings to rouse enthusiasm

Rallies

Most populous city in Pakistan

Karachi

Mozzarella and tomato salad; anagram of “escaper”

Caprese

Parts of a Russian ruble

Kopecks

Person who recommends a course of action

Advisor

Peter Peter __ Eater, children’s nursery rhyme

Pumpkin

Roman goddess of wisdom

Minerva

Very common computer operating system

Windows

__ Gates; married to Microsoft founder Bill

Melinda

“__, bubble, toil and trouble”: Macbeth’s witches

Hubble

ABBA love song with repeated Italian title

Adante

Chain of beads for counting prayers in Catholicism

Rosary

Classic martini garnishes

Olives

Coquettish

Flirty

Jackal-headed Egyptian god of embalming

Anubis

Lizard known to fall from trees in cold weather

Iguana

Ms. McAdams, Bilson, or Weisz

Rachel

Perfectly round object

Sphere

Spout at the end of a hose

Nozzle

Still functioning space telescope launched in 1990

Hubble

This peak was previously known as Mount McKinley

Denali

__ tunnel syndrome, wrist impairment

Carpal

1979 Bond film with Venice speed boat chase

Moonraker

A fan might ask a movie star for one

Autograph

Best score in Blackjack

Twenty one

Collection of Ancient Greek Trojan War epic poems

Epic cycle

First name of the writer of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Tennessee

Italian dish of thinly sliced raw meat

Carpaccio

Rust is caused by __ on certain metals

Oxidation

Spinning blade on small planes

Propeller

That ’70s Show star who voices Meg on Family Guy

Mila kunis

The Niagara Gorge hosts a world famous one

Waterfall

The medulla is found in this part of the body

Brain stem

The study of glands

Adenology

They might outweigh the negatives

Positives

Yellow __, 10th Beatles Album

Submarine

Yellow floral herb, makes calming tea

Chamomile

A running event a little over 26 miles or 42 km

Marathon

Actor who played Hawkeye in MAS*H

Alan alda

Daisy’s sad toy clown in Toy Story 3

Chuckles

E.g. gesture of kindness or friendliness

Goodwill

Gabriel García Márquez wrote 100 years of this

Solitude

Polish sausage

Kielbasa

Shallow container for germinating plants

Seed tray

Washing your mouth and throat without swallowing

Gargling

World’s largest rodent, native to South America

Capybara

__ Valley Sunday, Monkees hit of 1967

Pleasant

Apparatus that measures air pressure

Barometer

Circle of mushrooms in a forest or grassland

Fairy ring

Coccyxes

Tailbones

Container that holds cast votes in an election

Ballot box

Having a strong effect on someone’s life

Impactful

Lie detector test

Polygraph

Main, top-of-the-bill act at a music festival

Headliner

Mantra of Dead Poets Society, means Seize the Day

Carpe diem

Mountain range whose highest peak is Mount Everest

Himalayas

Price to pay if buy from a distributor

Wholesale

Sherlock, Miss Marple or Poirot, for example

Detective

Yellow flower often considered a nuisance plant

Dandelion

Device that disperses aroma from essential oils

Diffuser

Feline villain played by Halle Berry in 2004

Catwoman

Impeccably clean

Spotless

Make this Greek dish if you have lamb and eggplant

Moussaka

Modern romantic fiction, often about women’s lives

Chick lit

Mythology-themed luxury hotel in Dubai

Atlantis

Padding sewn inside a cuddly toy

Stuffing

Surname of Agatha Christie’s archaeologist husband

Mallowan

Surname of Agatha Christie’s husband

Mallowan

To get an app from the internet

Download

__ hits; collection of a band’s best-known songs

Greatest

An earlier version of a refrigerator

Ice box

Cat that is skilled at catching rodents

Mouser

Danny __, Edward Scissorhands composer

Elfman

Feeling of sickness or queasiness

Nausea

Indulge with massages and other treatments

Pamper

Official representatives of national governments

Envoys

Physicist Karl, famous for research on radio waves

Jansky

Purchasing goods online or in store

Buying

Roman goddess of gardens, fruit trees

Pomona

Serial killer Hannibal’s last name

Lecter

Short spells or periods

Stints

Swiss city, on the River Rhône and a lake

Geneva

__ beef, preserved canned meat from Argentina

Corned

__ chic; distressed style of interior design

Shabby

__ price, amount a seller ideally wants to receive

Asking

Animal guide that is bonded to a witch

Familiar

Burning feeling from a wound or a nettle

Stinging

Ginger-like spice used in Thai cooking

Galangal

Islas __, alternative name for the Falkland Isles

Malvinas

Law court or judgement panel

Tribunal

Message sent via cable before telephones

Telegram

Oedipus’ daughter featured in a Sophocles play

Antigone

Sir Elton __ John, full pseudonym of the singer

Hercules

Spartan general who defeated the Athenian fleet

Lysander

What students load up to carry school books

Backpack

Artist who shared a house in Arles with Van Gogh

Gauguin

Australian marsupials that play dead

Possums

Biggest city in Scotland, with a Necropolis

Glasgow

Bow-and-arrow sport

Archery

Creator of “The Artful Dodger” fictional character

Dickens

French card game of tricking your opponent

Bezique

Nautical sounding hit for Rod Stewart in 1975

Sailing

Ornate Russian tea urn

Samovar

Person who arranges a collection for a museum

Curator

Snow White sang __ My Prince Will Come

Someday

Temperature scale of 0 at water’s freezing point

Celcius

Term for a baby born much earlier than expected

Preemie

Transmission of sound and images online

Webcast

__ riche, people who have come into money

Nouveau

An oval surrounding Egyptian hieroglyphs

Cartouche

Card game, you need to reach 21

Blackjack

Grass species that makes a sweet global commodity

Sugarcane

Group who sang The Lion Sleeps Tonight

The tokens

He plays Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy

Vin diesel

Head and face gear to protect against the cold

Balaclava

Jesus’ 12 followers who attended the Last Supper

Disciples

McDonalds menu choice aimed at young children

Happy meal

Risk taker or stunt performer

Daredevil

Risk taker or stuntman

Daredevil

Software that scans for harmful files and malware

Antivirus

They’re made in war and on Survivor

Alliances

What is measured in hertz

Frequency

A man not wearing underwear is going this

Commando

An animal’s lineage, showing its breed

Pedigree

An object thought to contain magic powers

Talisman

Illusion of a 3d image caused by light refraction

Hologram

Maleficent: __ of Evil, 2019 Disney fantasy sequel

Mistress

Monster with one main eye and 10 eyestalks

Beholder

Monty Python’s stage musical hit

Spamalot

Nirvana defined the grunge style of this decade

Nineties

Rolled sushi

Makimono

RuPaul’s TV reality runway and lip sync contest

Drag race

Three membranes that protect the brain

Meninges

Wrote Bartleby the Scrivener

Melville

Actor that starred in Django Unchained and Ray

Jamie foxx

Area right outside of view; the edges of an area

Periphery

Cleanse and decontaminate

Disinfect

Diagram showing work processes

Flowchart

Farm tool featured in American Gothic

Pitchfork

In need of pruning or cutting back

Overgrown

Ingredient common in candy, cookies, and cakes

Chocolate

Lisa Simpson or Kenny G’s instrument

Saxophone

Numerical figure extracted from a study

Statistic

Public water bus serving Venice lagoons

Vaporetto

Put on mascara to enhance them

Eyelashes

Spanish writer of Don Quixote, published in 1605

Cervantes

Utkatasana, a standing seated posture in yoga

Chair pose

Banished to live in a different country

Exiled

Device that emits wireless signals for connection

Router

Engineless plane that flies on the wind

Glider

Eruption of water from a hot spring in the ground

Geyser

Fugitive or criminal, especially in the Wild West

Outlaw

Gold __, someone who has their eyes on a fortune

Digger

If you take the red pill, you’ll end up here

Matrix

People who make purchases, customers

Buyers

Playing Minecraft or Mario Kart, for example

Gaming

Scientist Bill Nye is known for this neckwear

Bow tie

Serious disease in dogs: “parvo” or __ parvovirus

Canine

Subtle differences in pigments

Shades

Travel with Norwegian or Royal Caribbean

Cruise

West African spider god that knows all stories

Anansi

__ chaud, warm cheese dish, French for goat

Chevre

A business that has just launched

Startup

A scapegoat, a dupe, a sucker

Fall guy

Alligator, crocodile, king cobra or Komodo dragon

Reptile

Decoration sprinkled on food, e.g. parsley

Garnish

Kingdom state, became a part of Germany in 1871

Hanover

Protagonist of American Psycho

Bateman

Sneezy reaction to pollen

Allergy

Stray off the intended course

Deviate

What boxers deliver

Punches

__ & Sons, Sigh No More band

Mumford

A system that protects internal computer networks

Firewall

Animal form that the Hindu god Ganesh takes

Elephant

Carbon lumps used as barbecue fuel

Charcoal

Caviar often comes from this fish

Sturgeon

Condolences in time of grief

Sympathy

Gutenberg revolutioned this process

Printing

Her fans are known as Little Monsters

Lady gaga

Large brain part also called the telencephalon

Cerebrum

Lead character who is not especially brave

Antihero

Lunar phrase for something rare: Once in a __

Blue moon

Often humorous poem with the rhyme scheme AABBA

Limerick

Sleep disorder that keeps a person up at night

Insomnia

Vast Las Vegas hotel with golden lion logo

Mgm grand

William IV’s queen and South Australia’s capital

Adelaide

“If you’ve got it, __ it”

Flaunt

2004 album from The Temptations

Legacy

A knight’s sidekick

Squire

Campanile, not always home to bats

Belfry

Cinderella’s was at midnight

Curfew

Get measurements and a suit from this person

Tailor

Iced coffee beverage shaken and foamy

Frappe

Largest country in the Western Hemisphere

Canada

Orson Welles’ War of the __

Worlds

Rihanna’s lingerie collection: __ X Fenty

Savage

Ross’s monkey in Friends

Marcel

Sport played on ice with sticks and pucks

Hockey

Child __, one with remarkable gifts for their age

Prodigy

Chinese dumpling parcels

Wontons

Fringed knots added to accessories

Tassels

Greek goddess of the hunt and wild animals

Artemis

It’s a dish best served cold

Revenge

Jason __, Ghostbusters reboot director

Reitman

Joining metal to metal

Welding

Large vein in the neck

Jugular

Low protective wall along the edge of a roof

Parapet

Michael Phelps is the most successful Olympian one

Swimmer

Opposite of comedy

Tragedy

Poet who led the transcendental movement

Emerson

Receiving guests to your home, entertaining

Hosting

Rocker shares Brook St, Mayfair museum with Handel

Hendrix

Screen for viewing spreadsheets at work

Monitor

Splash out and spend lots of money

Splurge

Type of tree that delivers pecans

Hickory

Xena: __ Princess, cult fantasy TV series

Warrior

Young, thin tree

Sapling

A big lump of something sticky or soft, e.g. cream

Dollop

Drooped like wet cloth

Sagged

French surgeon known for herpetology

Lesson

Heart __; detour around a coronary artery blockage

Bypass

Honesty is the best one, according to the saying

Policy

Insurgents, mutineers

Rebels

Mariana __, deepest point of the Pacific Ocean

Trench

Monty __, British comedy troupe with dead parrot

Python

People employed to offer post-birth support

Doulas

Pink __ hang out with T Birds in the film Grease

Ladies

Primate with similar genetics to us, aka dwarf chimp

Bonobo

Selection, option

Choice

“Two lost souls swimming in a ” Pink Floyd lyric

Penzo; home stadium of Venezia FC

Pierluigi

Aussie equivalent of Marmite, a national icon

Vegemite

Broadband transmitted over the air

Wireless

Identification document for travel

Passport

Lead in a pencil

Graphite

Lois Lane’s occupation

Reporter

Maleficent, Cruella De Vil and Ursula, for example

Villains

Marvel’s series about teens against their parents

Runaways

Mouthpieces that make shrill celebratory sounds

Whistles

N Italian lake that the Romans called Lacus Larius

Lake como

One who eats plants and meat

Omnivore

Second Roman emperor, successor of Augustus

Tiberius

Tom Sawyer tricked his friends into doing this

Painting

__ bottle; liquid-filled source of warmth

Hot water

Author of Matilda and James and the Giant Peach

Roald dahl

Bats, ground squirrels, and bears do it

Hibernate

Citywide hunt to find objects

Scavenger

German lake, also called the Bodensee

Constance

Hairdressers are doing this with peroxide

Bleaching

Harry Potter had a cloak that made him this

Invisible

On a subatomic level, electrons are tiny __

Particles

Person tasked with scenery or props during a play

Stagehand

Port-wine stain or café au lait spot, for example

Birthmark

Teri Hatcher played a “desperate” one

Housewife

Tiny, tentative advances in progress

Baby steps

Traditional home for monks

Monastery

Abundant element that’s found in diamonds

Carbon

Cosplay that combines two characters into one

Mashup

Famous Collie in movies and TV

Lassie

Hand-held portable touchscreen computer

Tablet

Location of Kubla Khan poem

Xanadu

Sea where the Cyclades Islands are found

Aegean

Sickly or nauseous

Queasy

The Beach Boys want her help

Rhonda

The Friendly Ghost

Casper

To do with the mind

Mental

“I Wanna Dance with Somebody” Artist, __ Houston

Whitney

Barack Obama went to law school there

Harvard

Buddy cop film with Will Smith, Martin Lawrence

Bad boys

Burst into flames

Combust

Edible sea snails; awami in Japanese cuisine

Abalone

Holmes keeps his tobacco in a Persian __

Slipper

Mister Spock urged us to live long and this

Prosper

Moving to music

Dancing

Place where historical documents are kept

Archive

Pole at the four corners of a sleeping platform

Bedpost

Relieve pins and __ by moving your head

Needles

The Emerald Isle

Ireland

The territory ruled by an emir

Emirate

Tornado warnings mean people should take this

Shelter

1975 chart-topping Bruce Springsteen album

Born to run

An enormous sea serpent in Jewish mythology

Leviathan

An insect or animal that eats only wood

Xylophage

Architects design opera houses with this in mind

Acoustics

Exclusive Rome street, setting of La Dolce Vita

Via veneto

French term describing the upper middle class

Bourgeois

Golf score of three under par

Albatross

Hard part of the face, highlighted and contoured

Cheekbone

Jackets worn in storms

Raincoats

Machine that beams images onto a surface

Projector

Profession concerned with treating oral health

Dentistry

Sand-riding vehicle

Dune buggy

Bony structures on tortoises’ backs

Shells

Canine idiom meaning the leader of the pack

Top dog

Cowgirl from Toy Story

Jessie

Cumulus, stratus, or cirrus objects

Clouds

E. B. White wrote about this Little mouse-like boy

Stuart

German beer mugs

Steins

Hold someone in great esteem, look up to

Admire

Ruler in ancient Rome, also a classic salad

Caesar

Song title used by Kool & the Gang and Celine Dion

Misled

Spiky, desert plant

Cactus

2017 “Orient Express” missionary: __ Cruz

Penelope

An actor goes to one to try to get a role

Audition

Athletes who compete on parallel bars or rings

Gymnasts

Future spouses vow in health and in this

Sickness

Japanese producer of Gameboy and Wii

Nintendo

Meat wrapped in dough, fried or steamed

Dumpling

Most abundant and lightest element in the universe

Hydrogen

Mountains where Andorra lies

Pyrenees

Norse figure who picks those who enter Valhalla

Valkyrie

Puerto Rican reggaeton artist; malicious rabbit

Bad bunny

Story with a hidden political or moral meaning

Allegory

Walking aids issued from hospitals

Crutches

__ pony; person with a sole area of expertise

One trick

3 x 5 inch piece of heavy paper

Index card

A cell compound that attacks allergies

Histamine

Britain’s rock, at the southern tip of Spain

Gibraltar

Family, who often visit during holidays

Relatives

Frank Lloyd Wright is a famous example of one

Architect

Large fuzzy spider sometimes kept as a pet

Tarantula

Marvel superhero blinded in childhood

Daredevil

Not quite a full lie

Half truth

Record-breaking Jamaican sprinter

Usain bolt

School society for playing a board game

Chess club

Stuffed corn tortilla coated in sauce and baked

Enchilada

The primary activity of Lewis and Clark

Exploring

Alphabetically first US state that borders Canada

Alaska

Another word for fishing equipment

Tackle

Dangerous tricks done by skilled pros, not actors

Stunts

Hole through which a cord is threaded and tied

Eyelet

In the story, Oz is run by one

Wizard

Leaf used for wreaths in Ancient Greece

Laurel

Mediterranean Island country with Greek culture

Cyprus

Mediterranean island with Greek & Turkish culture

Cyprus

Norton, Snowden, Olmos or Burns

Edward

Sets, collections of items or people

Groups

Shish Kabob is meat roasted on one of these

Skewer

Signaling fire on a hill, often part of a chain

Beacon

Stand outside a workplace during a strike

Picket

Units of mass used to measure diamonds

Carats

Video game character type who restores HP

Healer

__ Camera; TV prank show filmed in secret

Candid

__ Grint, Ron Weasley actor

Rupert

__ hero, one without praise of public recognition

Unsung

1980s movie about the Profumo affair

Scandal

An inoculation

Vaccine

Animal referred to as “nature’s skyscraper”

Giraffe

Book or film series with three entries

Trilogy

Ceremony for awarding new belts in Tae Kwon Do

Grading

Fall by the __; fail to stay the course

Wayside

Give a boastful performance or display

Show off

Mr. Sheen, Mr. Hunnam, or Mr. Chaplin

Charlie

Number with 1 followed by 6 zeros

Million

Rock band named after the guitarist Carlos

Santana

Small, pickled fish used as a pizza topping

Anchovy

Spanish city famed for oranges

Seville

A difficult task is an __ battle

Uphill

A small cafe or restaurant

Bistro

Cane material used in furniture

Rattan

Clichés are this type of lazy storytelling device

Tropes

First name of the cricket in Pinocchio

Jiminy

Herb that acts as a narcotic for felines

Catnip

Hunt down, follow

Pursue

This theory could be the Theory of Everything

String

Three-line Japanese poems

Haikus

To be worn away by the elements over time

Eroded

Alice met this milliner in Wonderland

Mad hatter

Art style of firing ink at a blank canvas

Bulletism

Background on a computer desktop

Wallpaper

Capital of Iceland

Reykjavik

Fast-kicking, Korean martial art

Taekwondo

Finger and toe bones

Phalanges

How vaccines are usually given

Injection

Its symbol on the periodic table is K

Potassium

Movie in which they wear pink on Wednesdays

Mean girls

Plants on which dates or coconuts grow

Palm trees

Rainbow pieces scattered onto cakes or ice cream

Sprinkles

US political scandal that ended Nixon’s Presidency

Watergate

__ Gang, the “Rapper’s Delight” group

Sugarhill

A community that grows to have unspoken rules

Society

Author of the nonsense poem Jabberwocky: Lewis __

Carroll

DC villainess who regularly fights Wonder Woman

Cheetah

Eagle and lion hybrid creature in mythology

Griffin

Flashlights that help people see in the dark

Torches

Green light, thumbs up

Go ahead

Mr. Incredible’s hero best buddy

Frozone

Negotiating bluetooth connection between devices

Pairing

Outtake from a movie production of a comical error

Blooper

Prolonged periods of drastic food shortages

Famines

Removing all sense of feeling, dulling pain

Numbing

Ricky __, created David Brent and Michael Scott

Gervais

Shy, like Piglet

Bashful

Skeletal component with 12 pairs of bones

Rib cage

South American mammal closely related to the llama

Guanaco

Sweet ice cream variety made with a dried bean

Vanilla

The Flintstones lived in this city

Bedrock

Chris who plays Thor for Marvel

Hemsworth

Collections of commonly used code in programming

Libraries

Ginger singer who sang I Don’t Care

Ed sheeran

Hallucinogenic South American brew

Ayahuasca

La __, Italian for “the good life”

Dolce vita

Largest domestic cat breed with a long fluffy tail

Maine coon

Mark Twain’s character, appears in 4 of his books

Tom sawyer

Someone who studies the past

Historian

State of euphoria named after cumulonimbus forms

Cloud nine

The sweet fairy in The Nutcracker

Sugar plum

Traditional learning setting

Classroom

Arthurian Knight who had an affair with Guinevere

Lancelot

Enclosed space for some marine animals

Aquarium

Great Sea, to the west of Middle-earth

Belegaer

Inflammation of the nasal cavities

Rhinitis

Intaglio printmaking method of needle scratching

Drypoint

Italian pasta slightly wider than spaghetti

Linguine

Outfit worn to the pool or beach

Swimsuit

Police will investigate if this is suspected

Foul play

Red hardwood that is invasive in the Philippines

Mahogany

South American snake, heaviest in the world

Anaconda

Vocal range between bass and alto

Baritone

Word game of placing letter tiles on a grid

Scrabble

iPhone app used instead of cash in stores

Apple pay

Admirers, potential romantic partners

Suitors

Any parallelogram with equal sides

Rhombus

Disney 90s musical that featured A Whole New World

Aladdin

German twisted and salted bread

Pretzel

Knights rescue them in folklore

Maidens

Large pulsating vein in the neck

Jugular

Nintendo handheld recreation device

Game boy

Performing an aria

Singing

Solomon’s ancient city in Syria

Palmyra

The ship that followed the Mayflower in 1621

Fortune

1991 REM album featuring Losing My Religion

Out of time

Arid region on the southern tip of Argentina

Patagonia

Benjamin, dancer husband of Natalie Portman

Millepied

Buzz, from Toy Story

Lightyear

Incarcerates

Imprisons

Mojito, Cosmo, Martini and Whiskey Sour

Cocktails

Mythical hominid tied to North America

Sasquatch

Mythical hominid tied to the US Pacific Northwest

Sasquatch

Name for a bench that’s long and upholstered

Banquette

Popular sandbox survival game with creepers

Minecraft

TV show about Tanner Family in San Francisco

Full house

The old-school was rotary

Telephone

Underground tubes for carrying oil or gas

Pipelines

Ancient Roman smoke room used to enhance wine taste

Fumarium

Bull-man defeated by Theseus and ball of thread

Minotaur

Cartoons team up with Michael Jordan in this flick

Space jam

Drink you make when life hands you something sour

Lemonade

Meteorologists measure this amount of sky water

Rainfall

Orchestral piece in multiple parts

Symphony

Outdoor time-telling devices that rely on shadows

Sundials

Prayer said before a meal or during baptism

Blessing

Printmaking art of ink transferred by etched metal

Intaglio

Slang for fake animal skin

Pleather

The Lion King’s Rafiki is this monkey species

Mandrill

The Trevi __ has 3,000 Euros tossed in it daily

Fountain

The height of land in relation to sea level

Altitude

What the Q stands for in IQ

Quotient

Athletic activities

Sports

Blue pigment used in Chinese porcelain

Cobalt

Brazilian supermodel and businesswoman Bündchen

Gisele

Dairy spread for toast or making pancakes

Butter

One of these is sometimes given a “chicken dinner”

Winner

Online message boards for discussions and chat

Forums

Salvador Dali painted melting ones

Clocks

The most spoken Dravidian language in India

Telugu

__ Christi, festival on the Thursday after Trinity

Corpus

__ honey; supplement with antibacterial properties

Manuka

__ powder; fragrant white substance

Talcum

A section added to the end of a book

Appendix

Cash __, a till for adding up sales

Register

Enormous movie ape atop the Empire State Building

King kong

For summer fights, they’re filled with water

Balloons

Keyboard musician who accompanies church hymns

Organist

Largest inland lake in South America

Titicaca

Mexican __ dog, or Xoloitzcuintli

Hairless

Monogamous ocean creature, male carries babies

Seahorse

Riley’s imaginary friend in Inside Out film

Bing bong

Rolling Stones song expresses this for the devil

Sympathy

Space rock that can form a belt

Asteroid

The language that Hindu scriptures were written in

Sanskrit

A pair of small listening devices

Earbuds

Common __; good or proper manners

Decency

Girl With a Pearl Earring painter

Vermeer

Go faster, accelerate

Speed up

Insane in the Brain hip hop group, __ Hill

Cypress

Instrument sometimes used to deliver babies

Forceps

Large piece of material used for warmth

Blanket

Long, slender-grained aromatic rice

Basmati

Means of access, an entrance

Gateway

Peninsular U.S. state with beaches on three sides

Florida

Pillow upon which a wedding ring is placed

Cushion

Robert who played the Sundance Kid

Redford

Thor’s hammer

Mjolnir

Wilma Flintstone’s baby

Pebbles

__ Stone, Sherlock story about a Crown diamond

Mazarin

1980 telephone hit for Blondie

Call me

Apple web browser

Safari

Disarm a bomb

Defuse

Flash __, space hero

Gordon

Former European state or capital of the Bahamas

Nassau

French Riviera town, the pearl of France

Menton

Person who grows the corn, milks the cows

Farmer

Silky lemur with distinctive alarm call

Sifaka

Stretchy, sticky protein found in flour

Gluten

Tough and muscular, wiry and brawny

Sinewy

90s grunge rock band fronted by Eddie Vedder

Pearl jam

Deep underworld prison in Greek mythology

Tartarus

Fairytale writer Hans Christian __

Andersen

Grey’s Anatomy hospital has very skilled ones

Surgeons

Last name of Margaret, former UK Prime Minister

Thatcher

Learn by heart, like lines from a movie perhaps

Memorize

Nationality of Godzilla

Japanese

Object or info collected to prove cause or crime

Evidence

Part of the face that wrinkles when brows raise

Forehead

President who defeated Sarkozy in 2012 French vote

Hollande

Sea of Galilee city named after Roman emperor

Tiberias

Signal, the predecessor to a digital radio signal

Analogue

Sleeping outdoors with all the comforts of home

Glamping

Something __, something blue, wedding tradition

Borrowed

This drink tastes like original without alcohol

Mocktail

Tinker Bell’s forever-young best friend

Peter pan

To offer public support for a group or cause

Advocate

Traditional artform of woven textile wall hanging

Tapestry

Twenty-three times two

Forty six

Weiner dog

Dachsund

Winner, team that finishes top of a league

Champion

A sweet Italian spread made from hazelnuts

Nutella

Bargain __, people who scour shops for discounts

Hunters

Cats, lions, tigers

Felines

Energy that comes from motion

Kinetic

Fast and __ movies number more than ten

Furious

French word for hat

Chapeau

Hypnotic or dazed states

Trances

Last person to speak in Shakespeare’s Hamlet

Horatio

Only country bordering The Gambia

Senegal

Pressure point damage experienced by the infirm

Bedsore

Saint of astronomers; founder, Order of Preachers

Dominic

Send an email on to another person

Forward

Stradivarius made some of the most famous ones

Violins

Two tall pillars in St Mark’s Square, Venice

Columns

__ arts; combat sports such as karate

Martial

Adobe image manipulation software

Photoshop

Another name for garbanzo beans

Chickpeas

Broken into many pieces

Shattered

Caught __, apprehended while committing a crime

Red handed

Dripping nasal passages, like with a cold

Runny nose

French explorer that brought settlers to Quebec

Champlain

Genetic traits of an organism that can be observed

Phenotype

He wanted a brain in The Wizard of Oz

Scarecrow

In Greek mythology, Amazon queen with magic girdle

Hippolyta

Kipling’s tiger who longs to kill a human

Shere khan

Most densely populated NYC borough

Manhattan

Non-fictional tale of a famous person’s life

Biography

1977 Eric Clapton album, and also his nickname

Slowhand

Actions proposed by government

Policies

Antihistamine medicine that makes you drowsy

Benadryl

Aussie who voices Anchor in Finding Nemo

Eric bana

Big-eyed arboreal mammal from the Americas

Kinkajou

Enlarged, weakened arterial area

Aneurysm

Hairstyle to secure locks during a workout

Ponytail

Harry Potter’s school

Hogwarts

How Tweety enunciates Sylvester’s species

Puddy tat

Papier-mâché satirical dummies or large heads

Effigies

Place in Scotland allegedly haunted by a monster

Loch ness

Prediction of how much the bill will be

Estimate

Rectangular prisms used to chill drinks

Ice cubes

She and Khloe Take Miami to open a Dash Boutique

Kourtney

American Independence Day is July __

Fourth

Ancient Greek sky god

Uranus

Back to __, return to a simpler way of living

Basics

Beams of light used in surgery

Lasers

Danny and Sandy did the Hand Jive in this film

Grease

FC __; popular Dutch football club from Enschede

Twente

Grilled sandwich, or Lil Nas X song

Panini

High pitched and ear piercing

Shrill

Iconic Ford car model named after a bucking horse

Bronco

Large passenger plane marque

Airbus

Medieval footwear style with long, pointed toes

Crakow

Older term for a person’s death notice

Obital

Part of bread that is said to make hair curly

Crusts

Pet rodent whose name rhymes with “herbal”

Gerbil

Plants and animals enjoyed by hikers

Nature

Race discussed in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Caucus

Relating to the back

Spinal

Remote controlled flying robots

Drones

Room for storing wine

Cellar

Small wooden poles, they support tiered cakes

Dowels

The largest jigsaw one had over 550,000 pieces

Puzzle

To take away an amount

Abduce

Yellowish-brown finch found in mixed woodlands

Siskin

__ Bobby Brown, played Eleven in Stranger Things

Millie

Accessory of the supervillain Thanos

Gauntlet

Arctic species of the vulpes genus

White fox

Art critic member of the Bloomsbury Group

Roger fry

Card game based on the personification of Britain

John bull

Chance to switch off and not think about work

Downtime

Cold __, painful bodily condition; ignore someone

Shoulder

Commemorative annual school publication

Yearbook

Drove a vehicle backwards

Reversed

Extreme type of aggression

Violence

Groups of disease-causing unicellular organisms

Bacteria

Kate Winslet’s debut film, __ Creatures

Heavenly

New Zealand-born ex-BBC Radio 1 and Beats 1 DJ

Zane lowe

One of the most popular styles of home in the US

Colonial

Process of nutrients being “sucked out” of soil

Leaching

Soften by soaking in liquid, often of cherries

Macerate

Sore, red, and tender

Inflamed

Sore, reddened, tender, on fire?

Inflamed

This clue is one.

Sentence

Triskaidekaphobia is a fear of this unlucky number

Thirteen

Try-out, practice manoeuvre

Dummy run

When an egg has spots, it’s called this

Speckled

A craftsperson of yellow, malleable precious metal

Goldsmith

Behind the main performance area in a theatre

Backstage

Canada has ten of these subdivisions

Provinces

Dictatorial leader of Romania, killed in 1989

Ceausescu

Dutch flower garden, widely known for its tulips

Keukenhof

Exhausted, fried, completely devoid of more energy

Burned out

Fashion designer Garavani with RED line

Valentino

Glossy papers with news and features

Magazines

H2O that is prone to causing limescale

Hard water

Part of a sentence that tells what the subject is

Predicate

Pictorial social media site with influencers

Instagram

Relating to religion, having other-worldly beliefs

Spiritual

Sci-fi classic, Close Encounters of the __

Third kind

Sphere that is worth three points in snooker

Green ball

Stop functioning or fail to start, e.g. a vehicle

Break down

Transformer usually in the form of a VW Beetle in comics

Bumblebee

With __ __, without the use of tools

Bare hands

Admission slot raffle; Shirley Jackson story

Lottery

Albany state

New york

Another word for unwise or looking silly

Foolish

Arithmetical card game also called 21

Pontoon

Desire, covet

Long for

Fixing things, mending broken things

Repairs

George Frederick Handel’s master work

Messiah

He played Captain Ron in the 1992 comedy

Russell

Losing the hair on the head

Balding

Lunar phase that is completely in shadow

New moon

Magical movie board game that’s The Next Level

Jumanji

Pilots use an artificial one for orientation

Horizon

Political TV drama about Olivia Pope

Scandal

Radical, far to one side of a spectrum

Extreme

Rousing trumpet call

Fanfare

Rupert Murdoch-founded British reporting channel

Sky news

Thick italian dumplings of semolina and potato

Gnocchi

To let in a goal in a football match

Concede

What one does before rinsing and repeating

Lathers

Winningest dog breed group at Westminster

Terrier

Announcement from MC at start of a bout

Round one

Botanical pictures and drawings

Artworks

Covered a wound with a strip of material

Bandaged

Description for person who’s emotionally unstable

Neurotic

Description of creative types

Artistic

Half of the musical duo Wham: Andrew __

Ridgeley

Massive multiplayer online game: World of __

Warcraft

Mid-to-senior level non-commissioned officer rank

Sergeant

Outfits worn on Halloween

Costumes

Scarlet __, supervillain in the Minions films

Overkill

Spiritual teacher of the dharma in Jainism

Mahavira

The upper part weighs more than the lower one

Top heavy

Tiny organ where hair comes out

Follicle

To be welcoming, kind, and compassionate

Gracious

Traditional thin, bite-sized sushi rolls

Hosomaki

Tree with highly toxic yellow flowers

Laburnum

VPN and LAN are types of these

Networks

When the economy gets better

Recovery

When we use money to buy things, we’re doing this

Spending

Written essays in online newspapers

Articles

A cake, a fabric, or an Underground band

Velvet

Comic strips comprise these rectangular elements

Panels

Common building on horse farms

Stable

Common building that horses sleep in

Stable

Dress code that calls for fancy attire

Formal

Drive where Vernon Dursley lives in Harry Potter

Privet

Garth __ has Friends in Low Places

Brooks

Like a bicycle built for two

Tandem

Official joining of two businesses

Merger

Persuades, encourages

Coaxes

Princess of the Netherlands born in 2005

Alexia

Salt solution used to clean wounds

Saline

Tapping out words using a keyboard

Typing

Tasting very milky and rich

Creamy

The world’s longest river

Amazon

Thin medical tube inserted into a vein

Canula

__ Donovan; US soccer player with 157 caps

Landon

Tapestry, a pictorial description of 1066

Hicks, contractions that aren’t the real thing

Braxton

1988 movie about Dmitri Shostakovich

Testimony

Acceptance into a university or course of study

Admission

Band that’s got a fever, howlin for you

Black keys

Big hairy __; digging mammal with bony plates

Armadillo

Club officer who maintains financial records

Treasurer

Cold, tomato-based, Spanish soups

Gazpachos

If you discuss trivialities, you’re making this

Small talk

Lung disease caused by particles from mining, say

Silicosis

Publication containing a collection of poems

Anthology

Smell-killer for underarms

Deodorant

Theseus had to find his way through one

Labyrinth

Use this to style locks, but it’s not a comb

Hairbrush

__ and ashes, a show of repentence

Sackcloth

8-foot canary who’s a star of Sesame Street

Big bird

A person who is traveling for pleasure

Tourist

Birth __, pregnancy prevention led by Marie Stopes

Control

Boris __, Rocky and Bullwinkle villian

Badenov

Ceremony in a place of worship

Service

Colorful layered cake from Malaysia

Sarawak

French city the Romans called Aurelianum

Orleans

Glazing agent from the hive in food preparation

Beeswax

Hanseatic avenue of warehouses in Bergen

Bryggen

Hunting by stealth

Preying

Legal warning for an apprehended criminal suspect

Caution

Plainly, openly, blatantly

Nakedly

Pointy part of a wasp

Stinger

Poisonous metal (Cd) used in nuclear reactors

Cadmium

Pop punk queen Avril who gave us Complicated

Lavigne

Prisoner, detainee

Captive

Stonework

Masonry

Superman’s planet of birth

Krypton

Supporting pedestals for statues

Plinths

Terence Conran’s 1960s homewares company

Habitat

Twins from Alice in Wonderland, dum and __dee

emptor; Latin phrase meaning “buyer beware”

Caveat

__ mold, wooden stamp for decorating a spread

Butter

__, Sealed, Delivered

Signed

Canadian city with Capilano Suspension Bridge

Vancouver

Dummy on which to display clothes in a shop window

Mannequin

First day of Christmas present in a pear tree

Partridge

French playwright of Le Cid and Horace

Corneille

G.I. Joe’s communications expert as of 1986

Mainframe

Holiday also known as the Feast of the Nativity

Christmas

Hospital assistants who ferry patients about

Orderlies

Mischief-maker, a scamp or rascal

Scallywag

Screen for dividing a room

Partition

Telling of a story or a voice track

Narration

The P in COPD, a serious lung condition

Pulmonary

Water power generation of under 5 kW

Pico hydro

Wealthy founder of Microsoft

Bill gates