| “And her yes, once said to you, / SHALL be Yes for ____” (Elizabeth Barrett Browning, The Lady’s Yes) |
EVERMORE |
| “Before this campaign started, it was said that I was facing political oblivion, my career in ____” (Peter Mandelson, after his 2001 re-election as MP for Hartlepool) |
TATTERS |
| 1943 film, Alfred Hitchc*ck’s favourite of those he directed |
Shadow Of A Doubt |
| 1993 biographical drama film directed by Richard Attenborough |
SHADOWLANDS |
| A city and its outskirts, especially when measuring population |
urban area |
| A thankless wretch |
INGRATE |
| A version of this Errol Garner jazz standard was Johnny Mathis’s signature song |
MISTY |
| A yoga posture |
ASANA |
| Airline noted for stringent security procedures |
El Al |
| American singer/songwriter who is the daughter of Ravi Shankar |
Norah Jones |
| An earthquake detector |
SEISMOMETER |
| An insignificant matter |
small potatoes |
| Andean mountain, Earth’s highest outside Asia |
ACONCAGUA |
| Ben E King song and a 1985 film starring Wil Wheaton |
Stand by Me |
| Body of water between Iceland and Greenland |
Denmark Strait |
| British swimmer who won four medals at the 1978 Commonwealth Games |
Sharron Davies |
| Canadian model who said “We don’t wake up for less than $10,000 a day” |
Linda Evangelista |
| Cowes Week is an example of this sporting event |
REGATTA |
| Demon who slays seven husbands on their wedding nights in the Book of Tobit |
ASMODEUS |
| Director of the 1985 film Ran |
Akira Kurosawa |
| Facial decoration; a device to help in leading cattle |
nose ring |
| First book of Anne McCaffrey’s Harper Hall of Pern sci-fi trilogy |
dragonsong |
| Generic name, in use since the 18th century, for a British soldier |
Tommy Atkins |