“A young man, of a hale ____ figure, and a giant’s strength” (describing Hugh in Barnaby Rudge) |
ATHLETIC |
“But we are so blind to our own shortcomings, so ____ to those of others” (Jerome K Jerome) |
wide awake |
“Pax ____” is “peace be with you” in Latin |
tecum |
“The wise, for cure, on ____ depend” (Dryden) |
EXERCISE |
“They did us a ____ meal, […] and then we thought, what do we do tonight?” (Description of VE day in the Outer Hebrides) |
slap-up |
1965 poetry collection by Sylvia Plath |
ARIEL |
1996 film in which Gwyneth Paltrow had her first cinematic leading role |
EMMA |
A kind of rock, or the stage name of rapper and actor O’Shea Jackson |
ice cube |
A major blood vessel of the lower back |
lumbar artery |
Alloys with low melting points |
fusible metals |
Almost overflowing |
BRIMFUL |
American artist known as “the painter of the revolution” |
John Trumbull |
An internet discussion group |
WEBINAR |
Australian Test cricketer who said of Sri Lanka’s Arjuna Ranatunga “I don't like him and I’m not in a club of one” |
Shane Warne |
Breathing tube inserted into the windpipe after tracheotomy |
CANNULA |
Children’s author who created the Mog picture books |
Judith Kerr |
Environment which promotes something (usually) unfavourable |
SEEDBED |
Former Play School presenter who entered the House of Lords in 2010 |
Floella Benjamin |
French oil and gas company founded in 1924 |
TOTAL |
Having the shape of a quadrilateral with two parallel sides |
trapeziform |
Household device that may be called a zapper |
remote control |
Identity item which, reversed, may be someone in control of access |
name tag |
In a manner which creates allure |
ENTICINGLY |
Joshua ____ founded the NDP and ZAPU parties which were banned in what was then Rhodesia |
NKOMO |