| Impressionist who came 49th in ITV’s “TV’s 50 Greatest Stars” poll in 2005 |
Rory Bremner |
| In British transport, this is usually 6ft 10in wide and about 70ft long |
canal boat |
| In topology, a surface like a Möbius strip, but with no boundary |
klein bottle |
| Innocent or surprised |
wide-eyed |
| Kiran ____ won the 2006 Man Booker prize for The Inheritance of Loss |
DESAI |
| Major safari destination in Tanzania |
Serengeti National Park |
| Mammal whose closest living relative is the okapi |
GIRAFFE |
| Shells of this marine mollusc have been used as money in some countries |
COWRIE |
| Subterranean part of a banana plant or crocus |
CORM |
| Suffolk’s ____ Ness is part of a national nature reserve |
ORFORD |
| Take revenge for someone else’s deed |
settle the score |
| The Czech Republic’s second-largest city |
BRNO |
| The kind of men who spoke Oddle Poddle on 1950s TV |
FLOWERPOT |
| The lower middle class |
petit bourgeoisie |
| The month in which North America’s four major sports leagues all have scheduled games |
OCTOBER |
| The UK’s first collective investment scheme of this kind was launched in 1931 |
unit trust |
| The ____, pop group who lasted just a year? |
Four Seasons |
| The ____, pop group who made just 1/120th of a disc? |
Three Degrees |
| The ____, pop group with all the aces? |
Four Tops |
| Tiny creature after which Iceland’s lake Myvatn is named |
MIDGE |
| To give (someone) too much of something to deal with |
INUNDATE |
| What the Communist Manifesto urged workers to do |
UNITE |
| Words before Angel, Lamp and Max in famous films |
the blue |
| Words like emmet (tourist) or ginnel (narrow passage) |
regionalisms |
| ____ connect the boards of a hardback book to the first and last pages |
end-papers |
