Crosswords 2 Flashcards
Second largest city of New Zealand’s South Island
Dunedin
Settle securely
Ensconce
Cowboy hat
Stetson
Preoccupation with things which please the senses
Sensuality
Deep colour between green and indigo
Royal Blue
One who allocates weights to be carried by racehorses
Handicapper
Successful ‘Australia II’ skipper in 1983 America’s Cup
John Bertrand
Dutch dancer and WWI secret agent
Mata Hari
Native of Guantanamo eg
Cuban
Deciduous tree of northern hemisphere
Alder
Narrow sea inlet between cliffs
Fjord
Engraved gemstone
Cameo
Tiny reproductive body of plant
Ovule
Quality of having rational, consistent speech
Coherence
Passenger vehicle
Omnibus
Synonym of the adjective ‘musical’
Melodious
Glue-like filler used on paper and cloth, eg
Sizing
Major Chilean city
Santiago
Bosporous inlet
Golden horn
Polynesian kingdom
Tonga
Black Sea port
Odessa
West Indian state
Goa
Dublin’s nation
Eire
Northern Ireland county
Armagh
River bordering Ontario and Quebec
Ottawa
Algerian currency
Dinar
Mediterranean isle awarded the George Cross
Malta
Saharan sand seas
Ergs
Mythological Maori hero
Maui
Small loose stones also known as talus
Scree
The pianist - best actor oscar winner
Adrien Brody
Model and actress in The Other Woman
Kate Upton
Frog like amphibian
Toad
Readjusting
Rearranging
Dogged student
Trier
Insulting behaviour
Abusiveness
Change
Transform
Dominions
Realms
Connecticut university
Yale
Sauce
Gravy
Hang loosely
Drape
Less likely to change
Stabler
Excavates mud
Dredges
Conspired
Schemed
Judgments
Edicts
Enlightened
Educated
Unwisely
Inanely
Belittling
Deriding
Intermittently drizzly
Showery
Common weeds
Dandelions
Tricks
Dupes
Tiny glittering decoration
Spangle
Soldier’s burrow
Foxhole
Larrikins
Hooligans
Cut (design) with acid
Etch
Beliefs
Creeds
Knitting style
Fair Isle
Plans
Aims
Greatness
Grandeur
Treaty
Pact
Circus performers
Jugglers
Temptation
Lure
Correct behaviour
Propriety
Preposition - about
Circa
Pivots
Fulcrums
Puritan
Prig
Bowling stint
Spell
Former Chinese weight unit
Tael
Coffin stand
Bier
Malay knife
Kris
Part of a church
Aisle
Exalt
Raise
Bailiff
Reeve
Sea eagle
Erne
Needle case
Etui
Muse of love poetry
Erato
Think logically
Ratiocinate
Mother of pearl
Nacre
Unit of dry volume measure
Bushel
Semaphore
Signal
Blackthorn fruit
Sloe
Annex
Add
Resin used in floor coatings
Epoxy
Dour
Grim
Grow
Develop
Stand next to
Abut
Type of willow
Osier
Gaelic
Erse
Farinaceous food
Pasta
Catcall
Boo
Odd
Uneven
Therefore
Ergo
Brown coal
Lignite
Copiously supplied
Replete
Funeral procession
Cortege
Result
Upshot
Substitute
Ersatz
Jacob’s Biblical brother
Esau
Long-limbed (colt)
Leggy
Quirky character
Oddball
Executes (law)
Enacts
Padre
Chaplain
Libyan capital
Tripoli
Light pleasant rhythm
Lilt
River Rhine German city
Bonn
Fainting
Swooning
Step (on)
Tread
Sailor
Seafarer
Champagne, … and Chandon
Moët
Truncheons
Batons
Apparent worth
Face value
Slipshod
Careless
Came forth
Emanated
As far as
Up to
Appear again
Re-emerge
Fellow beneficiary
Coheir
Confrontation
Showdown
Trade surge
Boom
Gobble
Guzzle
Plague
Bedevil
Over the moon
Euphoric
Impose (tax)
Levy
Naval obstruction
Blockade
Worthless trinket
Bauble
Melt away
Vaporise
Rural municipality
Shire
Lights out
Bedtime
Pressure line on map
Isobar
Standard of perfection
Ideal
Diligent pupil
Swot
Passion
Ardour
Occurring in springtime
Vernal
Love affair
Amour
Clerical residence
Manse
Official distributing wages
Paymaster
Type of hat
Pork pie
Former portion of Ethiopia
Eritrea
Musically in a flustered manner
Agitato
Criticise severely
Pan
Twill-weaved worsted fabric
Gaberdine
Lawful
Licit
Think about beforehand
Premeditated
Niche
Recess
Gusto
Relish
Propriety
Decorum
Break in and rob
Burgle
Detained in conversation
Buttonholed
Muscle
Thew
Meat jelly
Aspic
Make lace
Tat
Small amount
Tad
Centre
Nucleus
Portuguese islands off the Moroccan coast
Madeira
Show excessive love
Dote
Having coloured markings
Pied
Antonym of ‘unconventional’
Orthodox
Name shared by an Asian plant and the spicy condiment made from same
Wasabi
One excluded from society
Outcast
Curving inwards
Concave
Tide with little range between high and low water levels
Neap
Series of numbers in which each is in the same ratio as the one before it, … progression
Geometric
Unsteady, as if about to all
Tottery
Extremely cruel
Barbaric
Annual Melbourne festival
Moomba
Former long-standing Indonesian president
Suharto
Cap’s peak
Visor
Seven year period
Septenary
Early impressionist painter, Pierre …
Renoir
Having an exciting ending
Climactic
Subsection of text
Paragraph
One inexperienced at something
Tyro
Highly seasoned Mexican dish
Tamale
Luxurious
Lush
Volcano on Antarctica’s Ross Island, Mount …
Erebus
Luxurious country residence
Villa
Indolent person
Idler
Jetty built to control erosion
Groyne
Rapidly
Apace
Eland, eg.
Antelope
Domelike structure on roof
Cupola
Level of electrical resistance
Ohmage
Reef Casino city
Cairns
Has wavy motion
Undulates
Insurgents
Rebels
Osculate
Kiss
Menace
Threat
Pollute
Defile
Egg white
Albumen
Now Papua
Irian Jaya
Type of lock
Yale
Muslim woman’s veil
Yashmak
Citrus layer
Pith
Leguminous fodder plant
Clover
NE Indian state
Assam
Sponsor
Patron
Jack
Knave
Outlet from a water main
Hydrant
Island of PNG
Manus