| “My parents kept me from children who were ____” (Stephen Spender) |
ROUGH |
| “Tom Swift’s electric rifle” as a weapon |
TASER |
| “Well, they are gone, and here must I remain, / This lime-tree ____ my prison” (Coleridge) |
BOWER |
| 1959 single by Bobby Darin, based on a song from The Threepenny Opera |
Mack the Knife |
| 1996 Cher single which followed Walking in Memphis |
one by one |
| A pseudonym, typically of an author |
nom de plume |
| Abbreviation (normally using a symbol) for the US equivalent of a building society |
S and L |
| According to a field guide, the distinction between ____s and mushrooms has no scientific basis at all |
TOADSTOOL |
| Afro-Cuban dance, often with little motion around the floor |
RUMBA |
| American national park employee, often wearing a campaign hat |
RANGER |
| Author of the Just William novels |
Richmal Crompton |
| Bruce Springsteen single mentioning the Viet Cong |
Born in the USA |
| Castle which was the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother |
GLAMIS |
| Dreams typically occur during this |
REM sleep |
| Estimation of election results from views collected just before voting |
Entrance poll |
| Facial feature which curves down like a bird’s beak |
hawk-nose |
| Fast Spanish marches which inspired ballroom dances |
paso dobles |
| First name of the character played by Jennifer Saunders in Absolutely Fabulous |
EDINA |
| Former ice dancing partner of Christopher Dean |
Jayne Torvill |
| Grangemouth is Scotland’s main ____ |
container port |
| Howard Jacobson won the 2010 Man Booker Prize for The ____ |
Finkler Question |
| In 1997 ____ became the first female president to succeed a female president (of a nation) |
Mary McAleese |
| In cricket, an over with a dismissal and no runs |
wicket maiden |
| Instrumental form, common in Baroque chamber music |
trio sonata |
