A composer’s daughter and a composer herself, who worked as Benjamin Britten’s assistant |
Imogen Holst |
A sure thing, such as a certain winner in a race |
shoo-in |
Actor who played Sergeant Caleb Cluff in the BBC TV series Cluff, 1964-65 |
Leslie Sands |
Asian river, the world’s longest flowing through only one country |
YANGTZE |
Bus and lorry manufacturer which made the Antar, the British Army’s main tank transporter for about 30 years until 1986 |
thornycroft |
Charles ____, conductor, especially of opera, who championed the music of Janacek |
mackerras |
City where two Shakespeare plays are set |
VERONA |
Co-presenter of BBC Breakfast with Dan Walker |
Louise Minchin |
Cold phase of a central Pacific ocean climate pattern |
La Nina |
Commemoration of the truce signed between the Allies and Germany in 1918 |
Armistice Day |
Creator of the literary detectives Vera Stanhope and Jimmy Perez |
Ann Cleeves |
Darkness more clear than noonday holdeth her, / Silence more ____ than any song (Christina Rossetti) |
MUSICAL |
Delamere in Cheshire or Kielder in Northumbria |
FOREST |
Garden boundary which may be affected by a fungal blight nowadays |
Box hedge |
Georges ____, one of Les Six, later wrote the music for The Lavender Hill Mob and The Titfield Thunderbolt |
AURIC |
Greek kebab shop owner portrayed by Harry Enfield |
stavros |
Highly stylised Japanese drama with music and dance |
NOH |
Home of Stanlow oil refinery and Vauxhall Motors works |
Ellesmere Port |
It flows through Zaragoza towards the Mediterranean |
River Ebro |
It follows pi and precedes sigma |
RHO |
Its three longest tributaries are the Allier, Cher and Vienne |
LOIRE |
Karma ____, global hit for Culture Club |
CHAMELEON |
King of the Franks from 768, and the Lombards from 774 |
CHARLEMAGNE |
Laid aside temporarily, but ready for future use |
Moth-balled |
Large luxurious car, often chauffeur-driven |
LIMOUSINE |