headscarf tied under the chin, traditionally worn by Russian peasant women; 'grandmother' (8) _ _ _ U _ _ K _ French term for a chef or food of the highest quality, from a token worn by high-ranking...
saying suggesting that if you can't cope with a job, you should leave it to someone who can (2,3,4,5,3,4,3,3,2,3,7) 1939 film that was trailed as 'the most magnificent picture ever' (4,4,3,4) african...
US businessman whose assets include co-ownership with NBC of the Miss Universe Organization (6,5) D _ _ A _ D / _ _ _ M _ term used in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four for the ability to hold two...
Cole Porter song popularised by Fred Aistaire in The Gay Divorcee (5,3,3) _ I _ H _/ A _D/_A_ corrosive solution containing the element with atomic number 8 (7) _ X _ A _ I _ Enzyme which hydrolyses...
rich cake usually covered with cream, fruit, nuts originally from Austria (5) T _ R _ _ statement of beliefs, principles, opinions etc especially one expressed formally (5) C _ E _ O
soft allotropic form of carbon with a hexagonal crystalline structure; used as a moderator in nuclear reactors (8) G _ A _ H _ _ _ fibrous protein of animal connective tissue that yields gelatine when...
any complex network of nerves, ganglia, vessels etc in the body (6) P _ _ _ _ S in cricket any of the lines that mark the position of the batsman or bowler (6) _ R _ A _ E run-down part of a city...
original name of Augustus (63BC-AD14), first emperor of Rome (8) O _ T _ _ I _ S p.s if this is Octavius the 'congress' does not fit and I think this is correct for "national legislative body of the...
branch of surgery concerned with grafting or repair of bones(11) _ S _ E _ P _ A _ _ Y philosopher of ancient Greece who believed wisdom to beging with recognition of one's own ignorance (8) S _ _ _ _...
in the Catholic Church, the third of the four steps in the canonisation process (13) B _ A _ I _ I _ A _ I _ N states, avers (7) _ S _ E _ T _ confines, keeps in custody (7) _ E _ A _ N _
small south Asian fish (Harpadon neherus) also called Bombay Duck (7) B _ _ _ _ _ O system allowing TV sets to receive and display written information and graphics (8) _ E _ _ _ _ X _ detailed...
round frame on which fabric is stretched taut for embroidering (7) T _ _ _ _ _ _ firm Italian cows'-milk cheese often moulded in the shape of a pear (9) P _ _ _ _ L _ _ _ thick orange-brown solution...
devce used to improve signal-to-noise ration (6) _ _ _ A _ P French dramatise whose name has become synonomous with bedroom farce (7) _ E _ D _ A _ newspaper copy checkers (4) S _ B _
breach of syntax or a non-standard grammatical usage (8) S _ _ _ _ _ S _ Formerly, a personal attendant to a scholar or sorcerer (7) F _ _ _ _ _ S in maritime law an expense or loss incurred by the...