| “IBM says the ____ is king. At Amstrad, we only want your money!” (Alan Sugar) |
CUSTOMER |
| “So glistered the dire snake, and into ____ / Led Eve, our credulous mother, to the tree” (Milton) |
FRAUD |
| 1972 US movie about politics, starring Robert Redford |
The Candidate |
| A drug used to relieve tension |
RELAXER |
| A replacement for a starting pitcher in a baseball game |
RELIEVER |
| A sign that something has been in a location |
TRACE |
| Administrative area including Beamish Museum and Bishop Auckland |
County Durham |
| American writer of populist music like the ballet Rodeo |
Aaron Copland |
| Australia’s Lake ____ is only full a few times in a century |
EYRE |
| Barrier island of the lagoon of Venice |
LIDO |
| Bird of prey which recolonised Scotland naturally in the 1950s, especially at Loch Garten |
OSPREY |
| British javelin thrower who won silver medals in four global championships, three behind Jan Zelezny |
Steve Backley |
| Chateau in the grounds of Versailles, built for Louis XV’s mistress |
Petit Trianon |
| Commonly, the Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons |
Blues and Royals |
| Costing one 80th of a pre-decimalisation pound |
THREEPENNY |
| Creature whose home appears on Utah state highway signs |
BEE |
| Dendroaspis polylepis, the second-longest venomous snake species |
black mamba |
| Form of stationery on which Vladimir Nabokov wrote his novels |
index cards |
| Former Olympic field event, last contested in 1912 |
Standing long jump |
| Goethe’s ____s include “Painting and tattooing of the body is a return to animalism” and “The classical is health; and the romantic, disease” |
MAXIM |
| Greek culture minister who wanted some marbles back |
Melina Mercouri |
| Greyish wingless insect, seen as a household pest |
SILVERFISH |
| How careful planners may look |
a long way ahead |
| In most English-speaking countries, this separates the integral and fractional parts of a number |
decimal point |
| Informally, someone’s neck |
SCRAG |
