| In the Middle East, a counterpoise device for gathering water |
shaduf |
| Indian side dish of yoghurt, typically with cucumber |
RAITA |
| Informal American name for one supporting democratic capitalism |
NEOCON |
| Lack of worldliness |
NAIVETE |
| Large vase, typically with a pedestal or feet |
URN |
| Long-handled spoon used for serving soup |
LADLE |
| Lowest part of the small intestine |
ILEUM |
| Martin ____ wrote the novel Time’s Arrow |
AMIS |
| Means of world wide web access for small devices such as mobile phones |
microbrowser |
| Novel whose first narrator is Mr Lockwood |
Wuthering Heights |
| Number from which another is subtracted |
MINUEND |
| Opening line of the Shelley poem To a Skylark |
Hail to thee blithe Spirit |
| Peninsula which is the only part of Egypt in Asia |
SINAI |
| Peter Shelley wrote and sang Alvin ____’s 1973 debut hit My Coo-Ca-Choo |
STARDUST |
| Place of religious retreat |
CLOISTER |
| Popular houseplant presented as a symbol of middle class values by George Orwell |
ASPIDISTRA |
| Proprietary name of a disposable cleaning rag |
J-cloth |
| Sea monster described by Milton as the ‘hugest of living creatures’ |
LEVIATHAN |
| Spanish footballer who played his last game for Bayern Munich in May 2017 |
Xabi Alonso |
| Teflon |
POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE |
| The dried seeds of an Asian plantain, used in the treatment of dysentery |
ispaghula |
| The maidenhair tree |
GINGKO |
| The poster tag line for this film was ‘This is Benjamin. He’s a little worried about his future.’ |
The Graduate |
| The ____ Bengals have never won the Super Bowl |
CINCINNATI |
| TV broadcasting system used in most of Europe |
PAL |
| Two-part collection of preludes and fugues for solo keyboard by Bach |
The Well-Tempered Clavier |
| What Mumble is able to do in the 2006 film Happy Feet |
tap-dance |
| Willy Russell stage comedy which debuted in 1980 |
Educating Rita |
| Writer of lyric poetry |
ODIST |
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