| “Senior” rather than “old”, or “in an interesting condition” meaning “pregnant” |
EUPHEMISM |
| A European head of government who, like Margaret Thatcher, studied and worked in chemistry |
Angela Merkel |
| A speck of soot |
SMUT |
| A steep-sided hill smaller than the similar mesa |
BUTTE |
| A symbol of communism; a former parcels service introduced by British Rail in 1963 |
red star |
| Alan Paton’s novel about South Africa, written just before the introduction of apartheid |
Cry The Beloved Country |
| An American name for a conscript |
DRAFTEE |
| Another word for appendix, in its literary meaning |
ADDENDUM |
| Author whose short stories in The Bloody Chamber were based on fairy tales |
Angela Carter |
| Cardinal who succeeded Richelieu as chief minister to Louis XIII |
Jules Mazarin |
| Choose to participate |
opt in |
| Christmas pudding is a form of ____ |
plum duff |
| Expression of assent in radio communications |
WILCO |
| Former IOC president who started the curious tradition of calling practically every Olympics the “best ever” |
Juan Antonio Samaranch |
| Grape variety traditionally used in wines from Burgundy |
Pinot Noir |
| Have ‘Twangy’ Guitar Will Travel was Duane ____’s debut album |
EDDY |
| Illustrator of many books, especially for children, including Stig of the Dump |
Edward Ardizzone |
| In the name of a tourist destination, “blue” |
AZUR |
| Informal name for Maniola jurtina, a common British butterfly |
meadow brown |
| Informally, a Latin American dance in ballroom contests |
cha-cha |
| Informally, a medical procedure which may be carried out during a pregnancy |
AMNIO |
| Italian composer Ruggero ____ wrote the opera Pagliacci |
LEONCAVALLO |
| Latin phrase meaning “which was to be shown”, traditionally abbreviated at the end of a mathematical proof |
quod erat demonstrandum |
| Madrid’s Museo del ____ was originally intended to house natural history exhibits |
PRADO |
