| “A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without ____ it” (Oscar Wilde) |
paying for |
| A casting director’s way of saying an auditionee has been unsuccessful |
don't call us we'll call you |
| A New York state prison, open since 1826 |
sing sing |
| Abbreviation indicating that a named person is part of a group |
et al |
| Adjective which applies to our sun but no other |
SOLAR |
| American 1960s teenager who devised one of the most successful “flops” in history |
Dick Fosbury |
| An all-in-one winter garment |
SNOWSUIT |
| An arthropod’s hard outer cover |
EXOSKELETON |
| By ____ a bitmap, it appears to have more colours than are available |
DITHERING |
| Character who “has only to walk alone across a drawing room to offend its definitions” in The Age of Innocence |
Ellen Olenska |
| Cheap alcoholic drink of poor quality (informal) |
ROTGUT |
| Choral ____ is the BBC’s longest-running outside broadcast |
EVENSONG |
| Co-host of BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year since 2013 |
Gabby Logan |
| Companion of Julian Clary in his 19A shows |
Fanny the Wonder Dog |
| Computer chip logo and slogan introduced in 1991 |
Intel inside |
| Device which administers a drug as a fine mist |
NEBULISER |
| Eurasian songbird, the male having a pink breast |
BULLFINCH |
| Game show hosted by Richard Hammond and Amanda Byram |
Total Wipeout |
| In maths, something that becomes zero when raised to some positive integral power is ____ |
NILPOTENT |
| Informally, something that ____ makes sense |
adds up |
| Journalist and broadcaster who wrote The Book of Dave (2006) and Umbrella |
Will Self |
| Julian Clary’s performance name in the 1980s |
The Joan Collins Fan Club |
| Lord’s is the home of ____ |
Marylebone Cricket Club |
