“I didn’t really mean those nasty words” |
no offence |
“O, Beulah, peel me a ____” (Mae West in I’m No Angel) |
GRAPE |
“Procrastination is the ____ of time” (Edward Young) |
THIEF |
“Retail ____” (business proverb) |
is detail |
“The ____” was a political cliché coined by CP Snow in a novel, and the title of a later one |
Corridors of Power |
13th-century ____ Budejovice was a famous beer’s birthplace |
ceske |
1987 ITV series in which Robbie Coltrane fronted the Majestics, a Scottish pop group |
Tutti Frutti |
A challenging experience; a sea with no water |
MARE |
A description of Donald Trump’s claims about the 2020 presidential election |
the big lie |
A fruit tree trained to grow flat, often against a wall |
ESPALIER |
A process that really happens in one’s mind |
a change of heart |
A ____ line, which intersects all meridians at the same angle, is a straight line on a chart using the Mercator projection |
RHUMB |
According to the Oxford Reference website, “Britain’s most famous amateur dramatic society” |
footlights club |
Adjective often seen in recipes, but not describing food |
OVENPROOF |
An ordinary man behaving like an aristocrat |
Lord Muck |
As a particular sound, English for nöff-nöff in Swedish or boo-boo in Japanese |
OINK |
Author of the Discworld novels |
Terry Pratchett |
Body part with meadows, according the song Stardust |
HEART |
Column feature which distinguishes architecture’s three classical orders |
CAPITAL |
Edouard Manet’s A ____ includes two bottles of Bass |
Bar at the Folies Bergere |
Equipment for this sport might be used to imitate the works of Jackson Pollock |
PAINTBALL |
Forename of at least two female ministers in 21st-century Conservative governments |
THERESA |
Former medium for transmitting stock price information |
ticker tape |
Fruit named after a body part |
navel orange |
Historically, an eastern European lancer |
UHLAN |