“You can’t have something for nothing” in the commonest acronym form |
tanstaafl |
1966 film about a Cockney Lothario |
ALFIE |
A fish named after a bird |
parrot wrasse |
A group’s set of moral values |
ETHIC |
A horizontal rather than vertical way into a mine |
ADIT |
A territory ruled by an Islamic monarch |
EMIRATE |
According to a popular witticism, it’s not what it used to be |
NOSTALGIA |
According to Forbes magazine (in 2015), the world’s most valuable sports team |
Real Madrid |
Actor who played Sam Mussabini in Chariots of Fire |
Ian Holm |
Area of Bradford, known for the ____ Working Men’s Club |
IDLE |
Art work for which a mirror is useful |
self-portrait |
Artist mentioned (appropriately) in the first scene of Wagner’s Mastersingers of Nuremberg |
Albrecht Durer |
Author of Catch-22 |
Joseph Heller |
Author of The Diary of a Young Girl |
Anne Frank |
Biblical kingdom east of the Dead Sea |
MOAB |
Birds of prey that may be black or red |
KITES |
Dutch master of tessellation |
M C Escher |
Feel unwell or perform badly |
not be oneself |
Food for soldiers |
RATIONS |
From western Hispaniola |
HAITIAN |
Government or rule in India |
RAJ |
Harry Burnett ____ invented Peanut Butter Cups in 1928 |
REESE |
Have a snooze |
rest in the arms of Morpheus |
Heavy device for pressing clothes |
sad-iron |
Hindi word for a company, especially one in manufacturing |
udyog |
Hot southerly wind in North Africa |
khamsin |
Inflammation of a breast or udder |
MASTITIS |
Kingdom formerly part of Britain’s Gold Coast colony |
ASHANTI |
Latin for a precious metal |
AURUM |
Member of one of twelve tribes |
ISRAELITE |