“And my large kingdom for a little grave / A little little grave, an ____ grave” (Richard II) |
OBSCURE |
1997 film starring Richard Gere as a US businessman wrongfully tried for murder in China |
Red Corner |
A highly recommended written work |
must-read |
American Beauty (1999) was ____’s directorial film debut |
Sam Mendes |
An imaginary place of idle luxury |
COCKAIGNE |
Archaically, someone with unbalanced religious zeal |
ENTHUSIAST |
Boxer who, at 21, became the youngest world heavyweight champion before Mike Tyson |
Floyd Patterson |
Colloquially, someone involved with a particular thing or activity |
WALLAH |
Comedian whose tours include Craic Dealer, Crowd Tickler, and Voice of Reason |
Dara O Briain |
Cut into cubes |
DICED |
Floor ____s are nails around two inches long, with a flat tapering shape |
BRAD |
Former rock band fronted by bassist Geddy Lee |
RUSH |
Ill-fated (often applied to lovers) |
star-crossed |
In medieval music, the full range of recognised notes |
GAMUT |
In sudoku, a three by three block |
NONET |
Informally, daybreak |
sparrow fart |
Köttbullar, which you might eat while considering Billy or Poäng purchases |
Swedish meatballs |
Large and mainly white, this breed was given royal status by Louis XIV |
Pyrenean mountain dog |
Last of the A Series of Unfortunate Events novels by Lemony Snicket |
the end |
London’s neon equivalent of New York’s Times Square |
Piccadilly Circus |
Longest serving host of Call My Bluff on BBC2 |
Robert Robinson |
Made somewhat sour |
ACIDULATED |
Make a grinding or crunching noise, often in a damaging process |
GRAUNCH |
Member of the dinosaur clade which included diplodocus |
SAUROPOD |