“‘gh’ ____ ‘cough’” begins a creative respelling of “fish” often attributed to George Bernard Shaw |
as in |
“Do not waste your time with music that is trite or ____. Life is too short to spend it wandering in the barren Saharas of musical trash” (Sergei Rachmaninov) |
IGNOBLE |
“It’s the tobacco that counts” was the slogan for Player’s ____ |
navy cut |
1979 legal drama film starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep |
Kramer vs Kramer |
1A reached many ____ |
SUMMITS |
A disguised identification, especially for military purposes or in espionage |
CRYPTONYM |
A lack of red blood cells |
ANAEMIA |
A North American name for the 24-hour clock |
military time |
A pink pig floats above ____ on the cover of the Pink Floyd’s album Animals |
Battersea Power Station |
A route for award nominees |
red carpet |
A symptom used to identify a disease |
DIAGNOSTIC |
A technical name for a pun |
PARONOMASIA |
A very cold or reserved manner |
ICINESS |
A ____ nose may be the result of a fight |
bloodied |
Alexei ____ won all-around gymnastics gold at the Sydney Super Dome in 2000 |
nemov |
An old name for iron sulphate |
green vitriol |
At the 1948 Olympics, 25,000 cups of ____ were served to competitors |
OVALTINE |
Bjorn Borg’s playing style included heavy ____ on both wings |
TOPSPIN |
Brothers or sisters, or other relatives |
SIBS |
Cadair Idris and Tryfan are mountains located in ____ |
Snowdonia National Park |
Calculating the area under a curve in maths |
integrating |
COM1 or COM2 on a 20th-century PC-compatible computer |
serial port |
Computer language named after a 19th-century female mathematician |
ADA |
From agricultural production, a nickname for Tasmania |
Apple Isle |