& 34: The first line of Peter Pan |
all children except one |
“Faith,
the least exclusive club on Earth, has the ____ doorman. Every time
I’ve stepped through its wide-open doorway, I find myself stepping out
on the street again” (David Mitchell, in Cloud Atlas) |
craftiest |
“The secrets of the hoary deep, ____ without bound” (Paradise Lost) |
a dark illimitable ocean |
“There’s such a ____ in melancholy / I would not, if I could, be gay” (Samuel Rogers) |
CHARM |
“____ / Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth / Finds the down pillow hard” (Cymbeline) |
WEARINESS |
A colloquial description of someone or something unwanted, especially when reappearing |
bad penny |
A mournful song, especially performed by a single voice |
MONODY |
A second burial, normally in a different place |
reinterment |
A state or culture characterised by humanitarianism, equality and political freedom |
open society |
Actress who starred as Miss Marple on ITV, 2004-09 |
Geraldine McEwan |
American term for a pushchair |
STROLLER |
An animal that eats seeds |
granivore |
An illusion of countryside created within a city |
rus in urbe |
An Italian dish, literally a medley of fried things |
fritto misto |
Art of making timepieces, or science of measuring time |
HOROLOGY |
As a pejorative term, an alternative to “blackleg” |
SCAB |
Bertie Wooster’s haughty and overbearing aunt |
AGATHA |
British astronomer credited with coining the phrase “big bang” |
Fred Hoyle |
British guitarist, the only person to be inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame three times |
Eric Clapton |
Car manufacturer, of Model S and Model X |
TESLA |
Central character of a Hardy novel with seven “phases” |
Tess Durbeyfield |
Features of Wagner’s Ring, sometimes given names like “Magic sleep” or “Wotan’s will frustrated” |
LEITMOTIFS |
Goethe play for which Beethoven wrote incidental music including an overture |
EGMONT |
Grammatical term describing Mary in both “Mary loved John” and “John was loved by Mary” |
AGENT |
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