| McCaig’s Tower overlooks this Scottish ferry port |
OBAN |
| Members of a troop of up to 6,000 Roman army soldiers |
LEGIONARIES |
| Mother of the Duke of Kent |
Princess Marina |
| Ornamental centrepiece for a dining table |
EPERGNE |
| Plant with yellow rayed flowers used for salads or wine |
DANDELION |
| Prohibition agent who brought down Al Capone |
Eliot Ness |
| Radio 4 comic sports presenter created for On the Hour in 1991, and later a presenter on Norwich local radio |
Alan Partridge |
| Ramsay Macdonald’s PPS in the 1922 parliament, who later became deputy PM in Churchill’s war cabinet |
Clement Attlee |
| Residents of Salalah, Seeb or Sohar, for instance |
OMANIS |
| Series of novels about a central character or family |
Roman-fleuve |
| State capital of Madhya Pradesh and location of the world’s worst industrial disaster, in 1984 |
BHOPAL |
| Straight man in a double act whose films include Buck Privates and Lost in a Harem |
Bud Abbott |
| The 1914 legislation which imposed wartime restrictions, including an afternoon break in pub opening hours |
DORA |
| The author who created 1A |
P D James |
| The Beatles were pelted with ____ on their 1964 US tour, more painfully than by UK fans with similarly-named sweets |
jelly beans |
| The justification for existence |
Raison d'etre |
| The member of the Bee Gees who married Lulu |
Maurice Gibb |
| The S of Ronald Reagan’s SDI, also called “Star Wars” |
STRATEGIC |
| The US-based ____ Association is the world’s largest registry of pedigree felines |
Cat Fanciers |
| Thin slices of meat, served with vegetables in pitta bread |
Doner kebab |
| Trojan hero, son of Aphrodite and Anchises |
AENEAS |
| Type of onion, with clusters of bulbs and a mild flavour |
SHALLOT |
| What’s up with a fried egg not turned during cooking? |
sunny side |
| ____’s 1996 Japanese Grand Prix victory secured his first drivers’ championship win in his last race for Williams |
Damon Hill |
