| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “Popliteal” refers to the area behind this joint | KNEE |
| “The curfew tolls ____” (Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard) | The knell of parting day |
| 'It is sometimes fiction. It is sometimes ____' (Macaulay on history) | THEORY |
| 1969 satirical novel by Kurt Vonnegut | Slaughterhouse-Five |
| 1974 single by Maria Muldaur, covered by Brand New Heavies in 1994 | Midnight at the Oasis |
| A 410 error message means a web page is ____ and will remain so | UNAVAILABLE |
| A double at Fenway Park | two-base hit |
| A poetic name for a songbird | THROSTLE |
| A short high-pitched sound, usually from a living thing | CHIRRUP |
| A starter in Greek and Turkish cuisine | MEZE |
| A white wine from the Rhine valley | HOCK |
| Abu Dhabi is this country’s capital | United Arab Emirates |
| Actor who played Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean films | Bill Nighy |
| Actress who played Rita Rawlins in Till Death Us Do Part | Una Stubbs |
| An attractive social companion is sometimes called ____ candy | ARM |
| Ancient Roman divinator who inspected entrails | HARUSPEX |
| Another name for Troy | ILIUM |
| Applicable | PERTINENT |
| Candid Camera is regarded by some as the first of this entertainment format | reality TV |
| Canonised Archbishop of Seville, regarded as the last of the Fathers of the Church | ISIDORE |
| Clothing brand identified by three parallel bars | ADIDAS |
| Discontinue a session of a parliament without dissolving it | PROROGUE |
| Employed again | REUTILISED |
| English post-punk band fronted by Matt Johnson | The The |
| Environmental Organisation which evolved from the Don’t Make a Wave Committee | GREENPEACE |
| Fencing sword with a button on the tip | FOIL |
| Gap is the largest town of this French department | Hautes-Alpes |
| Grace before or after a meal | BENEDICTION |
| Historical novel with characters including Louis XIII, Cardinal Richelieu, and George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham | The Three Musketeers |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| In climbing, a roughly horizontal route across a rock face | TRAVERSE |
| In the pantomime version of Cinderella, Baron ____ is her father | HARDUP |
| Italian name for an ATM | bancomat |
| Life ____: The World View That Makes the Underclass — 2001 essay collection by Theodore Dalrymple | at the bottom |
| Location of Smeaton’s Tower, most of the third Eddystone Lighthouse | Plymouth Hoe |
| Long-necked wading bird | CRANE |
| Moonraker baddie who is thrown through a clockface by James Bond | CHANG |
| Of a wound, to discharge liquid | SUPPURATE |
| One of the two British Classic races restricted to fillies | One Thousand Guineas |
| One who has an excessive liking for a particular food | OPSOMANIAC |
| Ornamental shrub also called rosebay | OLEANDER |
| Party leader whose current deputy is Tom Watson | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Persistently painful | ACHY |
| Plant glucoside which produces a soapy lather | SAPONIN |
| Pseudo-archaic diction used in historical fiction — from a London area once known for 'antique' furniture | Wardour Street English |
| Relating to blisters or other fluid-filled sacs | vesicular |
| Sammy ___ wrote the lyrics for Jule Steyn’s Three Coins in the Fountain and Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! | CAHN |
| Shakespearean king betrayed by two of his daughters | LEAR |
| Snooker World Champion in 1972 and 1982 | Alex Higgins |
| Stage surname of musician Gary Webb | NUMAN |
| Swedish word for “and” | OCH |
| The butt of a marijuana cigarette | ROACH |
| Those involved in (usually) small-scale business | TRADESPEOPLE |
| Tottenham Hotspur manager who replaced Tim Sherwood in 2014 | Mauricio Pochettino |
| US state between Nevada and Colorado | UTAH |
| Walkway in a formal garden, bordered by trees or bushes | ALLEE |
| Willow used for basket-making | OSIER |
| ____ Breton is recognised as the founder of Surrealism | ANDRE |
| ____ Forest in Sussex is the setting for the Winne-the-Pooh stories | ASHDOWN |
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