“Popliteal” refers to the area behind this joint |
KNEE |
“The curfew tolls ____” (Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard) |
The knell of parting day |
'It is sometimes fiction. It is sometimes ____' (Macaulay on history) |
THEORY |
1969 satirical novel by Kurt Vonnegut |
Slaughterhouse-Five |
1974 single by Maria Muldaur, covered by Brand New Heavies in 1994 |
Midnight at the Oasis |
A 410 error message means a web page is ____ and will remain so |
UNAVAILABLE |
A double at Fenway Park |
two-base hit |
A poetic name for a songbird |
THROSTLE |
A short high-pitched sound, usually from a living thing |
CHIRRUP |
A starter in Greek and Turkish cuisine |
MEZE |
A white wine from the Rhine valley |
HOCK |
Abu Dhabi is this country’s capital |
United Arab Emirates |
Actor who played Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean films |
Bill Nighy |
Actress who played Rita Rawlins in Till Death Us Do Part |
Una Stubbs |
An attractive social companion is sometimes called ____ candy |
ARM |
Ancient Roman divinator who inspected entrails |
HARUSPEX |
Another name for Troy |
ILIUM |
Applicable |
PERTINENT |
Candid Camera is regarded by some as the first of this entertainment format |
reality TV |
Canonised Archbishop of Seville, regarded as the last of the Fathers of the Church |
ISIDORE |
Clothing brand identified by three parallel bars |
ADIDAS |
Discontinue a session of a parliament without dissolving it |
PROROGUE |
Employed again |
REUTILISED |
English post-punk band fronted by Matt Johnson |
The The |
Environmental Organisation which evolved from the Don’t Make a Wave Committee |
GREENPEACE |
Fencing sword with a button on the tip |
FOIL |
Gap is the largest town of this French department |
Hautes-Alpes |
Grace before or after a meal |
BENEDICTION |
Historical novel with characters including Louis XIII, Cardinal Richelieu, and George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham |
The Three Musketeers |