| “A ____ Christianity leaves out all that is specifically Christian” (CS Lewis) |
NATURALISTIC |
| “Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio. A fellow of ____, of most excellent fancy” (Shakespeare) |
Infinite Jest |
| “And the good ____, he’s dressing / He’s getting ready for the show / He’s going to the carnival tonight / on Desolation Row” (Bob Dylan) |
SAMARITAN |
| “Britain’s 2012 relay coach hands over ____” (2011 The Times sport headline, about a resignation) |
BATON |
| “Happiness is having a loving, ____ family in another city” (George Burns) |
close-knit |
| “Pray ye dutifully prime / Your matin chime, ye ringers / May ye beautifully rime / Your evetime song, ye singers” (____) |
Ding Dong Merrily On High |
| “The practical man in the street who knows anything about ____ is quite aware that they are in their nature and intention lotteries” (The Economist, 1908) |
Premium Bonds |
| “____ / sticks / in my teeth too, / and I’d rather / compose / romances for you” (Vladimir Mayakovsky) |
AGITPROP |
| “_____, n. The death of endeavor and the birth of disgust” (Ambrose Bierce in The Devil’s Dictionary) |
ACHIEVEMENT |
| 2011 Steven Spielberg computer-animated film featuring a character created by cartoonist Hergé |
The Adventures of Tintin |
| African county called the land of a thousand hills |
RWANDA |
| American city in which sports teams the Marlins and the Dolphins play their home games |
MIAMI |
| Angels in the highest of nine “choirs” or orders |
SERAPHS |
| Band who had a 1982 number one with The Lion Sleeps Tonight |
Tight Fit |
| Benbecula, Eriskay and Taransay, for example |
Western Isles |
| British newspaper founded on January 1, 1785, under the name The Daily Universal Register |
the times |
| Crooner who, on his 1977 Merrie Olde Christmas show, performed Little Drummer Boy with David Bowie |
Bing Crosby |
| Dense, often dark loaf made using secale cereale |
rye bread |
| District once described as London’s French quarter |
SOHO |
| Egyptian goddess whose headdress in some depictions is a sun disc between cow horns |
ISIS |
| Film-making siblings who executive-produced Bad Santa and won a 1991 Palme d’Or for Barton Fink |
Coen Brothers |
| Fish which may be sterlet, ossetra, or sevruga |
STURGEON |
| Forename used in some Balkan countries, notably by the leader of Albania between 1944 and 1985 |
enver |
| Hates intensely |
DETESTS |
| In central and eastern parts of Alpine Europe, a legendary horned creature who punishes naughty children with birch branches in 45A |
krampus |