| “Argosy”, as a name for a large merchant ship, comes from this former name for Dubrovnik |
RAGUSA |
| “____ of cricket” is a detailed but humorous description of the game on tea towels and the like |
The ins and outs |
| 1960 Hitchcock horror film starring Anthony Perkins |
PSYCHO |
| 1960s BBC TV show, hosted by David Frost, which lampooned current news stories |
That was the Week That Was |
| A car’s vehicle identification number is stamped on this |
CHASSIS |
| A hotel or restaurant wine steward |
SOMMELIER |
| A kind of nail file |
Emery board |
| A small tortilla, topped with melted cheese and spices |
NACHO |
| A spicy biscuit |
Ginger snap |
| An old name for a fire in a fireplace |
INGLE |
| Assessing (something’s) possibilities |
Weighing up |
| Blunt in manner |
BRUSQUE |
| Carbon black is an important ingredient of ____, which is used in drawing and calligraphy |
indian ink |
| Composer of the oratorios Saul and Israel in Egypt |
George Frederick Handel |
| French artist who, with Pablo Picasso, created cubism |
Georges Braque |
| German dish of finely shredded and pickled cabbage |
SAUERKRAUT |
| Golden ____, a popular aquarium fish |
ORFE |
| Hide away; give off juices |
SECRETE |
| Home of the London Borough of Redbridge’s administrative headquarters |
ILFORD |
| Large chilli pepper, often dried, used in Mexican cuisine |
ANCHO |
| Large deer of arctic North America |
CARIBOU |
| Large portable cassette recorder or CD player with built-in speakers |
Ghetto blaster |
| Llandudno’s limestone hill, served by a tramway built in 1902 |
Great Orme |
| Magical transformation into “something rich and strange”, in a song from The Tempest |
sea change |