| “Mamma mia, here I go again. / My my, how can I ____ you?” (Abba) |
RESIST |
| “Pretentious? ____?” (Fawlty Towers) |
MOI |
| “Soy un perdedor, / I’m a ____ baby, so why don’t you kill me?” (Beck) |
LOSER |
| “Surprisingly quick at throwing stones, turf and other ____” (Walter Scott) |
MISSILES |
| 1980s fashion items originally worn by cheerleaders |
ra-ra skirts |
| A short-sighted person suffers from this condition |
MYOPIA |
| Actress who played Princess Leia in Star Wars |
Carrie Fisher |
| An irrational or extreme fear of confined spaces |
CLAUSTROPHOBIA |
| Artist in the Early Netherlandish school, best known for triptychs |
Hieronymus Bosch |
| Biblically, a descendant of Jacob |
ISRAELITE |
| British rowing club which won the Olympic men’s eight in 1908 and 1912 |
LEANDER |
| Central feature of Vietnam’s flag |
STAR |
| Comic who wrote Ripping Yarns with Terry Jones |
Michael Palin |
| Dr Johnson’s essay series The ____ included Sleep and Robbery of Time |
IDLER |
| English football team whose ground is Selhurst Park |
crystal palace |
| Fruit produced by hybridisation of mandarin orange and grapefruit trees |
TANGELO |
| Heraldic symbol on the St Andrew’s flag, the ensign of the Russian navy |
SALTIRE |
| Hong Kong and Macau are on opposite sides of the ____ River estuary |
PEARL |
| How Nicolas Sarkozy might write “in the style of” |
A la |
| In Greek myth, a fire-breathing monster made of three beasts |
CHIMERA |
| Informally, Crambe maritima, a coastal plant sometimes used as a vegetable |
sea kale |
| Jazz trumpeter whose nicknames included “Pops” |
Louis Armstrong |
| Lomov seeks the hand of Natalia in this Chekhov farce |
A Marriage Proposal |
| London Zoo’s Snowdon ____ is being repurposed to house colobus monkeys |
AVIARY |
| Marine ____ are only found on the Galapagos islands |
IGUANAS |
