| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Large cloth used to protect furniture during redecoration | dust sheet |
| Light-hearted pleasure or enjoyment | good fun |
| Likely to show anger or irritation | WASPISH |
| Make unnecessary objections | CAVIL |
| Making the sound of a crow | CAWING |
| Niche in a mosque wall, indicating the direction of Mecca | MIHRAB |
| One of only two sailors, and six people in any sport, to win individual gold at four consecutive summer Olympics | Ben Ainslie |
| One of the three classical orders of architecture | IONIC |
| Private place to which very few people are admitted | SANCTUM |
| Rapid growth, often of something undesirable | PROLIFERATION |
| Russian writer of short stories and (more famously in translation) plays | Anton Chekhov |
| Selection often including sweet sherry, port, champagne, burgundy and claret | wine gums |
| Slow march of the Grenadier Guards, taken from a Handel opera about a Roman general of the same name, who defeated Hannibal | SCIPIO |
| Someone in this is worth adding to your quiz team | the know |
| Someone who ____ something does it thoroughly | goes to town on |
| Strong fabric in strip form, used in military apparel | WEBBING |
| Surname of the 30th US president, known as “Silent Cal” | COOLIDGE |
| Swiss dish made with grated potatoes | ROSTI |
| The capital and largest city of Croatia | ZAGREB |
| The lowest choice in many product rating systems | one star |
| True facts, or a description of something despicable | low-down |
| US automobile brand, based in Auburn Hills, Michigan | DODGE |
| William Walton’s ____ concerto was written for Lionel Tertis, but premiered by Paul Hindemith | VIOLA |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 1934 Nazi purge, in which Ernst Röhm was one of the best-known people killed | night of the long knives |
| 1988 film which recalled the “golden age of American animation” | Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| A doubles game similar to hand pelota, played in some British schools | Eton fives |
| A dual carriageway with controlled access, or an extensive communications network | SUPERHIGHWAY |
| A patent medicine, or a favourite solution for other problems | NOSTRUM |
| A toothed whale with one notable tooth | NARWHAL |
| A very young bird | NESTLING |
| Author of the Balkan and Levant trilogies | Olivia Manning |
| Boxing punch often landed on the chin at close range | UPPERCUT |
| British overseas territory comprising two parts of a Caribbean coral archipelago | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Canadian name for a bar in a hotel or tavern | beer parlour |
| European “plum brandy” made from damsons | slivovic |
| Fabric produced in Donegal and the Outer Hebrides | TWEED |
| Family of typefaces, intended to be legible at small sizes | lucida |
| First female Jamaican winner of Olympic sprint gold, in the 2004 200m final | Veronica Campbell-Brown |
| Forename shared by composers Pachelbel and Hummel | JOHANN |
| Game like hurling, played by women | CAMOGIE |
| German town with a critical Rhine bridge captured by US forces in the closing days of the Second World War | REMAGEN |
| I may be engaged in climbing hills | bottom gear |
| Instrument used to measure angles of slope | INCLINOMETER |
| Jocular term for a very religious person | God-botherer |
| Joseph ____ was an essayist, poet and politician, and a co-founder of The Spectator | ADDISON |
| Joshua ____ was the first president of the Royal Academy | REYNOLDS |
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