“Leaning over me, he was trying to explain ___” (Abba, When I Kissed the Teacher) |
the laws of geometry |
1765 tax legislation affecting British colonies in America |
Stamp Act |
2002 sci-fi horror film directed by M Night Shyamalan |
SIGNS |
A large variety of cooking apple, named after a royal |
Lane's Prince Albert |
A rain cloud |
NIMBUS |
A single-pointed tooth |
unicuspid |
Actor who played Chief Martin Brody in Jaws and Jaws 2 |
Roy Scheider |
Art historian Roy ____ became the youngest director of London’s V&A museum in 1973 |
STRONG |
Banks of marine fog which move inland |
sea frets |
BBC sitcom set in Balby, South Yorkshire |
Open All Hours |
Capital of Brazil’s state of Rondonia, on the River Madeira, also a possible name for a (different) vintage wine |
Porto Velho |
Colloquially, that which has a local-part, @, and a domain |
ADDY |
Constriction of a bodily passage |
STENOSIS |
Dancing star in the 1976 Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show |
Angela Rippon |
Early in the 1988 Olympic 5000m final, Kenyan John ____ broke away with a 2:01 800m spell and was never overtaken |
ngugi |
First Test cricketer to reach 200 wickets and 2000 runs |
Richie Benaud |
First woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia, in 1930 |
Amy Johnson |
Flogs or thrashes |
LARRUPS |
Formal leave of absence |
EXEAT |
Former name for the city which became Bratislava in 1919 |
pressburg |
In a bridge hand, a holding of two cards in the same suit |
DOUBLETON |
Latin name for both the Virgin Mary and the star Polaris as a guide for sailors |
Stella Maris |
Lyricist for the 1958 musical film Gigi |
Alan Jay Lerner |
Main antagonist in the film Blade Runner |
Roy Batty |
Max ____, AI character played by Matt Frewer |
HEADROOM |